The Turtle Hospital -- Rescue / Rehab / Release

While staying at Our Summer Beach Vacation House in Marathon, we decided to take the tour at The Turtle Hospital where we saw some cute sea turtles.

More importantly, we learned about their Rescue > Rehab > Release model and were educated on the dangers facing sea turtles including seeing plenty of injured turtles such as the ones below that lost a flipper and could not dive.

And, of course, MANY cute turtles!!

Speaking of cute, everyone wanted to take a baby turtle home!!!

To learn more about the goals of this great organization, head on over to their website at http://www.turtlehospital.org/ and do visit them if you find yourself heading to the Florida Keys.  They really are making a difference for injured sea turtles like this big boy.

And... they have some really cool ambulances!!