A Dolphin Tail

Have any of you ever seen this movie?

I have not, but after our experience today,

I cannot wait to see it!

Today, we drove to the the 

Clearwater Marina to visit Winter,

a baby dolphin who lost her tail

after she got it caught in a crab trap.

Thanks to the help of the veterinarians and

trainers at the Clearwater Marina,

Winter was nursed back to health and can swim

without her real tail

(she now has a prosthetic).

While I actually was not able to get any pictures of Winter

due to her swimming back and forth through the tanks,

I did catch some pictures of her friends.

This is Panama

Panama helped Winter get acquainted at the Clearwater
Marina

A dolphin show featuring Nicholas the dolphin

Amy & Greg, that would be a nasty Steelers football
he has in his mouth. I thought Nicholas had better taste.

After the dolphin show we had fun petting stingrays...

...being eaten by sharks....

...and taking pictures with dolphins.

Then we took a ferry ride to the Dolphin Tale experience.

Posters of the movie in all different languages.

When we left the Dolphin Tale experience,

we decided to take the trolly instead of the ferry.

Now one little tidbit of information, the Marina

is not air conditioned. So not only were we hot

by the time we were finished, but we were also famished!

Time to eat!

We cooled off with these...

 

After a delicious meal and watching LOTS of coverage

of the Royal Baby being born 

(I'm so excited for my BFF Kate!),

we did some shopping on John's Pass.

Of course we had to stop for ice cream, too!

What a fun Florida day!