Before Sea Turtle Inc.

I can’t believe when I was planning out my trips, this one never came to mind. I live about 28 miles from South Padre Island and I have heard about a Sea Turtle facility. When I was taking one of my courses at the university here at my hometown, I was able to get to know a girl named Larissa. Larissa was a volunteer at Sea Turtle Inc. and would often talk about it with us. To be quite honest, I don’t remember much since it was about 2 years ago and let me tell you, I have a bad memory.

            Before taking on this beautiful experience, I did some research at http://www.seaturtleinc.org/ to find a little bit more information about this location. I was able to find out that they have an actual live cam online which available from 7am-8pm seven days a week. This camera takes footage of an adult turtle and what it’s doing at that moment. They also have a live cam for the beach where you are able to see the beautiful waves, sand, and sunset. I went on exploring the website and was able to find out that you are able to adopt a turtle hatchling for $11.00 and they name the hatchling after you or whatever you want to name it. Then they send you a packet containing an adoption certificate, photo of the hatchling, a sea turtle information packet, and a free photo magnet of your hatchling. At the time of hatchling, you are able to get up close and hold the turtles while the rest of the audience has to stay behind the yellow line just taking pictures and browsing.

            To find out more information about the next hatchling since it is only done at certain times of the year, I contacted Larissa through Facebook. I mentioned to her how I wanted to visit and if she could tell me more information about it so I could ask all the questions that I want. She told me the next hatchling would be Saturday June 11, 2011 at 7 AM. She also mentioned to me that everyday except on Mondays they have a presentation where they educate you on the turtles as well as letting you feed them. I thought that was super neat. So now my visit is a 2-part visit. Which is, going to see the hatchling at 7 AM and then going to the presentation that same day at 10AM.