Peter Lehner’s Blog – Switchboard
I always travel with my swim goggles, just in case I have a chance to get into the water. They came in handy the other day when I was kayaking off the coast of Palos Verdes in Southern California. I slipped them on, and — deserting my friendly co-kayaker — I jumped into the Pacific to get a better look at California’s signature marine habitat: the kelp forest.
With a big breath, I was able to pull myself down among the kelp shoots. The water was a clear aquamarine, and sunlight was filtering through waves of green kelp. It was a magical feeling, looking up, and looking down, down, down, and all around. I saw lots of fish, all shapes and sizes, silver-orange and pink, thin and round and ray. It was breathtakingly beautiful (although, technically speaking, I was holding my breath).
