Dolphin Watch - Day 7

Today, we woke up ready for our Dolphin Watch trip.  Everyone was excited but it wasn't until the afternoon so what did we do?  We headed to the beach.

We fed the birds, which is one of my most favorite beach pastimes.

 We headed in after a couple hours to clean up, eat lunch and head down to the pier.  While we were there we saw my 2nd favorite bird - the pelican.  Aren't they pretty?

Out on the water it was windy again and once again by the end of the trip the hats were in my purse which doesn't really help keep the sun off your face.  I need to find some better hats!!

 It wasn't long before we started seeing the dolphins.  The crew said they were very playful today and wanted us to make a lot of noise anytime we saw a dolphin.  I don't know if that was true or not because they seemed to come around anytime they wanted to.  It didn't have anything to do with us.

 When the boat left the dock they put out a net to drag the bottom so they could catch some items to put in the tank to show us.  There were several starfish.

 We also caught a female crab.  The red pouch on her belly is full of eggs and she will lay them at the next full moon.

 After the tank we headed out to the Gulf to Dolphin Point.

We saw a few more dolphins.  Everyone had a good time on the boat.

After the Dolphin Watch we were going to drive around for a bit but Andrew was looking pretty sleepy and we didn't want him falling asleep so late in the day.  So we stopped for a photo op.

Then we headed back to the hotel for dinner, and some TV time.  Everyone is starting to feel the full days, a little grouchiness here and there - kids just aren't getting enough sleep since they are so excited about everyday.