The Red Buoy by Anthony Salvucci

“Follow the blue markers down to the beach” the guide announced to the entire group, as we descended down towards the water. We came out of the tress and walked onto a warm, sunny, Caribbean beach. At the end of the trial there was another man from the group handing out snorkels, fins, goggles, and floating vest. My dad was helping my little sister put here vest on. My older sister had taken out her camera and was taking as much pictures as possible. My older sister was coming down the path just now. My mom was listening to the instructor “In case of any emergency…” explaining safety stuff. I wasn’t really listening but looking out at the ocean. It looks like a perfect picture, almost unreal, with crystal clear water, bright sun, and seeing small fish swimming thorough the water. “… And the red buoy is where the coral reef ends so don’t go farther than that”, the guide said as he finished his talk. Finally dyeing of the heat we ran into the water, what is in no way like Massachusetts water. When I first went underwater it was like an entire different. With so many fish, coral, and different colors everywhere. There was thousands of these little two inch fish that you could go into their school and they would just move a little from you and not even care. There was also a ton of different varieties of fish, like clownfish to purple and yellow fish, to sea enemies. We spent awhile having fun as an entire family not worrying about any schedule and finding time when we all can get together. We were swimming everywhere about and begun to go deeper out as we went along, hurrying now because big, dark clouds seem to be coming. We were coming to the red buoy and then “Ahhh was that a shark!” my sister yelled. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a giant fish. It was a slivery color that looked like foot feet long. But just as we saw it saw us and swam away. I spent a little more while looking for it but I couldn’t find it then “BOOM!” the clouds had come closer and there was thunder now. “Everyone out of the water!” the lifeguard than yelled through his loudspeaker, a second later. Our fun may have ended but the amount of time we spent as a family was the best part, and one of the best vacation I ever had happened there in the Caribbean.