Thursday, November 26, 2009

Mexico: Thankgiving Turtles

This Thanksgiving we worked up an appetite walking down to the beach to watch the nightly release of the newly hatched sea turtles. After sunset, we headed back home for a delicious turkey dinner. We were so thankful to have so many members of the family together.

Turtle eggs have all been collected from nearby beaches and buried here by volunteers. Right on schedule the turtles hatch (and dug up by volunteers) ready to head for the ocean.

Little sea turtles just hatched hours ago.

Maya pets the turtle.

Go turtles go!


Enjoying sunset after the turtle release.






Thanksgiving dinner was yummy. Although we didn't capture a shot of the adult table, the kid table sure was cute!

Serious cousins.

Silly cousins.