sidebar of the people

Alright… cue the ‘Lion King’ theme.

So, Wes and I are walking along the beach a couple of days ago and we see a dead sea turtle washed up on the shore. It was very sad to see this gigantic, once beautiful creature, now all bloated and distended, cooking in the sun. I tried to tell myself if was probably 189 years old and had lead a long and happy life, but I’m all “Inconvenient Truth”ed at the moment, so I had a hard time not feeling melancholy for the sad state of the environment.

Then last night we are out walking again, and we see this cluster of people gathered around near the dunes, so naturally, we join them to see what they are all looking at. Turns out they are looking at a sea turtle nest hatching, and right as we get there 100 tiny baby sea turtles come crawling out of this crater in the sand, and start marching towards the ocean, in probably the most effective demonstration of natural instinct I have ever witnessed. It was an amazing sight… and definitely illustrated for me the whole circle of life business.

Isn’t that a lovely story?