Today Alison and I tackled a job for Charles, measuring waypoints to create a map of our area, between the south point of Akumal and north of Yal-ku Lagoon. Our starting point was in the middle where the CEA office is located on Akumal Bay. It was a beautiful day, the surf was calm and brilliantly blue with turquoise outlines. Our walk south was full of deep white sand with palm trees lining the edge. Day 1 was accomplished easily. The Akumal dogs frolicked and pranced alongside and we collected driftwood along the way. Our walk was done in bare feet and bathing suits.

Day 2 the energy shifted. As we headed north, the clouds rolled in, large and gray with rain out on the horizon, the smell of ozone apparent. On this walk, we needed hats and good shoes, as we knew we were going to hit the limestone rocks that create the shoreline of Half Moon Bay and Little Yal-ku.

At one point, we hit the mangroves, and waded into them, experiencing and realizing there is new life and renewal all around the roots of these amazing trees.

As we walked along the rocky points, waves would crash under our feet and splash out of the circular formations created by wind, water and time. Where the water couldn't reach, air would hiss out with energized heat. I could imagine the sea in ancient times, the smell of the salt and the coral. There was evidence of past lives as fossils were everywhere.

I stand on the edge of this beautiful bay and see old life and new beginnings. I feel fortunate to be here and know it is up to us to keep our world alive.