Dolphin Watching!

Hope you still are enjoying being a part of our vacation!!!  Thanks for letting me share it with you all!

The next day we headed on a cruise to see the dolphins!  We almost did not go because my older daughter ended up getting the flu and was pretty shaggy.  But luckily, it was on a boat so we could just relax and enjoy the ride if nothing else.  It was also our first drizzly day there and very overcast.  So we thought it would not be a good day to go.  But to our surprise - it ended up being a great day for dolphin watching since there was not much action out on the water!  I have some great pics but hope I am able to post my little video of them too... I am have not posted a video before so let's see!

DARN!  I Can't get the video to upload!!!!! 

Next up is Shelling!

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Up next is our shelling excursion to a small island!  Wow!  This was an experience!  I am not a huge water fan.. so to get out of the fishing boat and walk in muck to get around to the beach was a little funky for me... But once I seen the beauty of the shore/beach and seen thousands of shells and things I have only seen in pictures - it was pretty darn cool!  We were able to bring all of our shells home with us!  We found some amazing exotic shells that are very rare.  We learned a lot about shells and even found a sea urchin (that was in mint condition!) that we were able to take home with us as well!  Again I would highly recommend going shelling if you ever get the opportunity! 

Here is the sea urchin!!! 

The owners darling young boys and our girls!  They don't usually go but we were glad they did that day!

Then you see some funky stuff! LOL!

We took a little journey to the other side where the beach was to get to all the shells!

Back to the Pelican Bay..

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I hope you are enjoying the pics from our trip!  There are so many pics.. I wish I could share them all with you!  We really did have a great time with the girls!

After Busch Gardens.. We headed back to the condo to spend time at Pelican Bay's private beach.  It was breathtaking... We swam, sunned, searched for shells and watched the sun set!  Those were precious moments... Just relaxing and day dreaming... 

Another FAV pic of the girls in the gulf when the sun set...

Enjoying the beach!

More pics of the girls.. and beach...

Mom taking some fun photos...

More of the beach...

Ha!  A diet Coke iced soda stop!!!  I LOVE my diet Coke!

Next stop... Busch Gardens

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This was our next stop after our marathon day of 17 hours at Disney!  We were so tired but wanted to press on and enjoy what Busch Gardens had to offer.  Boy are we glad we did!  This was such a great time!  I would highly recommend going on the Safari Tour to feed the giraffes.  We were able to get a cd from that venture with 144 amazing photos on there of our little venture!  These were amazing memories we made... We fell in love with the giraffes... Especially Ruby!  She was just a sweetheart!

This was Ruby.. getting lettuce from the girls!

I loved the zoo like feel... And that Holly tree!  WOW!

More up close and personal pics with Ruby!

 

Enjoying the warm fresh air!

Next stop Disneyland!

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Since we were so busy prior to the Holidays... we really did not have a plan set which worked out great since we came into it under the weather... So Christmas Eve we decided to drive to Disneyland! We were there for 17 hours!! Whoop Whoop!  The cool part is that while cleaning up before we headed out I ran across an old notebook of my daughter's that had a bucket list and on it was going to Disneyland before she was 20!  Oh- I forgot to tell you this was a complete surprise for them!!!  We told them the day before we left so they could pack what they wanted!! :)

We stayed at the Dolphin property... this was their Christmas tree when you walked in!

Grace and I shared a little late night room service! Yum!

Enjoying Disneyland... Pirates of the Caribbean!

My fav picture I took while waiting for the parade!

Enjoying the parade!

The late night parade... Grace shopping!

Merry Christmas from Disney! *YES we are still sick and exhausted! lol!

17 hours of fun!