touch a dolphin

So, I went on the Blue Dolphin Tour in Destin, FL. They take you out looking for dolphins. We saw 4 together and followed them. We went in the water and waited to see if they would be interested in us. The boat driver said that if there is a group of 3 or more, they usually aren’t social. So, we went to find a couple or one that was alone. We found one that was alone and went in the water. He/she was about 6-10 feet away from me but he swam away :(. We could have gone to the Gulfarium but it is $150 and I heard you don’t get a lot of time with the dolphin. I might go to that Disney one the other girl was talking about someday or Discovery Cove. I think Sea World has a program as well. The search continues!

It was at Sea World.

Bugging my parents about this one.

This was indeed the highlight of my vacation. The dolphins name is Roxy and she is 17 years old. She was so sweet. I got to pet her, kiss her, we played ball and she painted me a picture. It was great.

Yep, this will be a done deal after 2:15 p.m. I have my reservation and I am sooo ready to do this.
I’ll post this goal as done when I return.

I did an Earthwatch project for 2 weeks in Hawaii where we helped out on a project to understand dolphin echolocation. We got to feed the dolphins daily and get kisses and hugs and made them do tricks.

This is going to be the best ever. I am so excited I don’t know if I’ll make it until May 27th at 2:15.
I made my reservation so I can touch (pet) a dolphin and the dolphin is going to paint me a picture while I hold the canvas. I choose 3 colors and the dolphin will stroke the colors on the canvas therefore painting the picture.
I am so excited about this and yes I will take a picture of the painting and download it here so you can all see.
Wooo Hooo, this may turn out to be my best vacation ever!!

I just learned that theres a place called MarineLand in
St Augustine where I’ll be going on my 1st vacation alone (see goal #1) in just 18 days where I can pet a dolphin.
Not only can I pet the dolphin but the dolphin will paint me a picture while I hold the canvas. I am so incredibly excited I don’t know if I’ll make it till then. I’m going to knock off goal #1 and goal #2 in the same weekend.
This kicks total butt!

texas

3 years ago amazing

Sea World, San Diego. I was on a special tour and they allowed us to interact with the dolphins. Amazing the way they just seem so intelligent. We were shown hand signals to make the dolphins do things, like chase a beach ball, or throw it back. The moment in the picture is when one of the dolphins kind of beached itself and let me touch it . . .