Thursday we went to Sea World. It's an amazing place. We went to all of the shows - sea lion, Shamu, and dolphin. My favorite was Shamu, just because the animals are so big and beautiful - it seems like it would be quite an undertaking to try to teach them tricks - but they were spectacular. The other two shows were great as well - similar tricks that look just as difficult to train.
The plantings at Sea World are so colorful -try seeing this in a Michigan winter!
There is also a fascinating walk-through aquarium, where the sharks and fishes swim all around you and over your head.
Who knew that walruses were this big?!?
It was incredible watching the polar bears at feeding time.
On Friday, Sniders came down to see Tom and his house, and to go whale watching with us. We were incredibly lucky - the weather was perfect, we saw a multitude of dolphins very near the ship, and we saw two gray whales breaching and diving several times. It was a most successful three hour cruise :)
Ready, set, here we go!
These dolphins were very close - it was quite exciting to see so many of them jumping together.
Here is the tail of the gray whale as he dives under the water. I promise you there's a whale tail in there somewhere :)
We are intently whale watching.
Whale watching afterglow at Joe's Crab Shack.
