At 6.45 am, on Father's Day, the Padre Island National Seashore scheduled a Kemps Ridley sea turtle hatchlings release.   . If we wanted to witness this once in a lifetime event, our family needed to make a few sacrifices. This meant waking the kids up at 5.30 am. Taking an hour long drive to the seashore. And waiting patiently as the Rangers coordinated the release of 96 precious, Oreo cookie sized, hatchlings. . Did we … [Read more...]