SeaWorld

It was a beautiful day today. We went to Don and Marta’s hotel at 10:30 and went to SeaWorld. We hadn’t been there before, and it was a delightful day. First we went to the Shamu show with orca whales. They were trying something new with 7 whales, but they really screwed up. Two of the females were in heat, and the one male in the show was more interested in them than the show. We had several start-overs, and ended up with a 5 minute one whale show. Apparently the other two shows today were equally bad.

From there we went to the Clydesdale barn and looked at the horses. Then we had a lunch break at the Spice Mill Café which was pleasant. Next was the sea lion show which I thought was really cute. After that we wandered through the penguin encounter. In the puffin/murre enclosure, we saw a murre go nuts. He was literally flying across the water, diving, flying up out of the water, and then skimming back across the water. He looked like a duck on crack. Don and Marta went to the Pets Ahoy show while Bill and I went on the Journey to Atlantis log ride/roller coaster ride. That was fun, and we didn’t get too wet.

We met back up with Don and Marta and went to the dolphin show. That certainly wasn’t what I expected. It was more like a production of Cirque du Soleil O with dolphins. We then wandered through the manatee rescue exhibit and saw lots of manatee. They were all chowing down on lettuce. The stingray lagoon was cool. We could pet the stingray as they floated by. Bill bought some little fish that we all used to feed the ray. I put the fish between my fingers and my palm flat on the bottom of the pool. The ray would float over and suck the fish up. That felt really weird!!! Finally we stopped at the turtle/pelican point which was just okay. And last we had some ice cream before we headed out.

We drove to Cracker Barrel which is near Don and Marta’s hotel for dinner. I had breakfast which was good. Now we are at home, tired, and ready to rest!