Friday, August 14, 2009

Dolphin Cruise and a Thunderstorm

For Thursday we had planned to go on a Dolphin Cruise (guarenteed to see dolphins!) It was only $12 a person and Gracie was free! We figured we’d see 1 or 2 dolphins but we ended up seeing so many. It was so fun. Gracie wasn’t really into the dolphins, she just liked eating a snack and drinking water. It was her first time on a boat!

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Maxum was super excited. He wanted to bring his boogie board and swim with the dolphins!

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We were only on the boat about 10 minutes when a group was spotted. Another dolphin cruise boat left with us and they pulled up next to our boat so the dolphins performed right in between the boats. This was a Momma and her Baby.

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I was really glad to have my fast camera because these dolphins were speedy fast!

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Two hot and tired kiddos!

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Luckily we brought drinks and snacks for the hungry kids.

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She would not let go of her water bottle!

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It was an hour and a half boat ride so we were all a little hot, tired, and hungry! At least the kids entertained themselves for a bit!

Here is a video of the dolphins my brother took:

That afternoon the sky started getting really dark and the wind picked up. We packed everything up and headed in to the house. A big storm blew through and dumped an extreme amount of rain in. It ended up tearing through our tent and the tent broke. Luckily Pop went to Walmart the next day and got some good tape and fixed it all up again! After the storm the sunset was so pretty. I dressed Gracie up in this cute tutu to get some pictures but she was not a happy camper.

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She was happy on the porch at least.

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When I put the tutu on her she kept saying “so toot, so toot” (so cute!) She LOVED the tutu!

2 comments:

Lauren said...

How cool! Sorry Gracie doesn't care for the sand :)

G.G. Hughes said...

Oh my gosh!!! I can NOT wait until next year so I can go see the awesome dolphins. That is the coolest thing ever. GG