My sister-in-law Heather came for a week’s visit. Sunday is church and family day in American Samoa, so there are few things you can do outside. Not wanting to waste a day off, we hiked in to the tidepools near Vatia. It is not in a village, so is a perfect thing for a Sunday! Unfortunately, the rocks are really slippery and there were incoming swells…. so Heather hiked in but wasn’t able to get all the way down to the water. AND she cut her leg. AS is a pretty steep place, not easy to explore… So here are some pictures for her of what she missed!
(click on any photo for a slide show)
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- Vatia village
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- Pola Island, part of the National Park of American Samoa
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- Heather and me before the hike
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- Tidepools!
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- Amazing water color, too bad it was so glarey….
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- Heather already cut her leg on the lava, and decides she has gone far enough.
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- Sea cucumber
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- Tidepool scenery
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- Giant Clam
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- Christmas tree worm in the coral
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- Shelled creatures hanging out in the coral
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- Heather keeping an eye on us.
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- Bubbly bubbles when a wave breaks through!
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- Waterfalls between the tidepool levels.
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- Eel!
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- A little more exposed
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- Sea grapes. Salty (surprise, surprise).
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- Christmas tree worm on the coral
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- Sea urchin
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- Another giant clam
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- Fishie.
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- fishie in a hiding place
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- Pool reflection
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- Pools and looking to the east.
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- Karen
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- Coral
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- More shelled creatures living in coral.
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- And another coral
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- Tidepool scenery
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- Corals
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- More corals
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- And another coral
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- Corals!
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- A wave rolling in
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- Kelley
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- Crab
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- Nudebrach?
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- Some sort of tiny sea creature at any rate…
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- Fishies
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- Crab, not exactly in focus since the camera chose the sea urchin instead.
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- Look at the creature peeking out from the shell!
(mis)adventures 