Dolphins

We had an opportunity to go out on a boat this past weekend and see dolphins. We headed out early in the morning to the beach by our house and our guide picked us up. We loaded up on the boat and started looking for them. Within about 5 minutes there were three dolphins right around our boat. They would come up out of the water a little bit. All the kids were in awe (okay, the parents too) at seeing them.

We kept heading out into the ocean to find more. Our guide stood up on the side of the boat to look for them. He spotted them and off we went. Once we caught up to them there were about 50 or so together. We happily motored our boat in the middle of all the them. We saw some jump all the way out and saw at least one do a back flip!

After a while Luke and Russ tried to get in and see them with the snorkel gear. You really have to be in the right place at the right time and we just weren't. We got a funny picture of them in the water looking totally lost.

We saw a couple turtles and our guide jumped out of the water and caught one so we could get a close up view on it. Russ and I jumped in to get a better look. At this point in the trip I was fairly sea sick. I guess I thought maybe the jump in the water would make me feel better. Well, once I got back in the boat, things got worse. The fish got a little taste Honey Bunches of Oats and coffee!

We cruised the local beaches after that and headed back home. I was ready to be on some stable ground. The kids just loved seeing the dolphins. Their faces were priceless.