Heather Hodges

On our last full day in Panama City, the preacher and his wife from the Palo Alto church, Luke and Lindsey, took us back out to see the dolphins. On the way we stopped at the beach on Shell Island and anchored our boat. We waded in the water and snorkeled for sand dollars and even caught a small puffer fish. While we were bent over looking at the puffer fish a school of about fifty stingrays swarmed around us. I think we were in their path and we startled them as much as they startled us. We jumped into the boat and snapped a few pictures before they were gone. I’ve since learned that stingrays are usually very docile creatures and rarely move around except to eat shell fish and crustaceans off the ocean floor. So for there to be so many moving so quickly was quite rare. They were beautiful creatures and appeared to be flying through the water.

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