Sunday, March 28, 2010

Swimming with the Dolphins

We had one of the most amazing days ever at SeaWorld San Diego. While we were planning this trip I had told Gary I have always wanted to swim with the dolphins. I mentioned it to Kiana and she was so excited! Kianas birthday was right at the end of mid tour so we decided as part of a birthday gift we would let her swim with the dolphins.

We had soo much fun! It was amazing, they are such beautiful animals. It was an experience Kiana and I will never forget and I was so happy to share it with her.



The most interesting part...getting in and out of a wet suit. Not easy! It peels on and off like a banana and we got stuck several times. We had to walk thru the park with these on from the locker room to the dolphin tank. It was well worth it tho!




First meeting the dolphins and getting aquainted. We had 2 dolphins. Gracie who is the oldest dolphin in the park weighing over 600 pounds. And Camille (I think that was her name) who was one of the youngest and the trainer let Kiana help her teach Camille some tricks.


Kiana with Gracie.


Kiana with Camille learning some training techniques.


Kiana going for a ride on Gracie. We both swollowed some salt water- yuck!


Kaila was too young to swim with the dolphins so her and Gary had some fun of their own. They got to pet, feed and train some dolphins as well.


She is such a Daddy's girl. I love watching them together. :)
So the dolphin experience was definately worth it and definately plan on doing it again!






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