It's Raining, It's Pouring, and I am making lists

The title has to do with today's weather.  It is definitely rainy season here in Santa Cruz.  It has rained basically none stop since yesterday.  The river behind our neighborhood is FULL.  I mean people are having to pack up their possessions and leaving.  Our host family's house is far enough away that there is no packing up here, just dealing with no water.
For those that know me, list keep me sane and organized.  I have been slowly making (and crossing off!) my bucket list.

1. Feed giraffes  (accomplished at the Hometown's zoo)
2. See baby sea turtles waddle to the ocean for the first time
3. Ride a camel and see the pyramids in Egypt
4. Dance in a flash mob or music video
5. See a Bollywood movie in India
6. Walk in Jerusalem
7. Take a picture with the guard at Buckingham Palace
8. Taking a kissing picture with the Hubs at the Eiffel tower (May 2014)
9. See the sun rise at Machu Picchu (while we didn't get to see the sun rise, we still got to see Machu Picchu)
10. Stare at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre
11. Hang glide in Rio de Janeiro
12. Visit the Amazon Rainforest
13. Be in two places at once (Northern and Southern Hemisphere)
14. Climb the Great Wall of China
15. Road trip the States
16. Visit Las Vegas

The list is still a work in progress, but this past weekend I was able to mark a second one off the list!

The Hubs, four friends, and I ventured up to Tortuguero to see momma turtles lay eggs and tortugitas (baby turtles) waddle their way to the ocean for the first time.  Sea turtles are an endangered species and have many predators on land and water, sadly, it includes humans.  The tortugitas hatch in the early morning or late afternoon and waddle their way to the ocean.  We cannot use the flash on our cameras or help them to the water by picking them up.  We were lucky enough to cheer two groups of tortugitas onto the ocean.  Our last night, we took a night tour to see the momma turtles lay the eggs and waddle back to sea.  It was beautiful.  

Baby turtle compared to a shoe print

  

On a three hour tour (yes, sing it as you read please)

The lone walk to the ocean

Look closely there are at least 8 baby turtles