Magical

Last Saturday during paddling practice I was huffing and puffing, sitting in the first seat of the canoe when someone said "dolphin!" I looked up a bit and pretty much saw this:



It was absolutely incredible to have this one dolphin swim along at the same speed we were paddling our canoe. S/he stayed about ten feet in front of me, never broke the surface of the water, and cruised with us for about 15 seconds. The dolphin powered by his own body, our canoe powered by our bodies.

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On Tuesday I was sitting in the canoe in the Ala Wai canal when we heard splashing sounds. A quick glance to the left and we all saw a tiny (12 inches across) stingray JUMPING out of the water. It probably jumped five times or more. It sort of looked like this:



Incredible.