Something was fishy

Before we could go anywhere, Nathan and I needed a bath. Since the weather had been in the upper 90's since we had gotten there, we had gotten awfully stinky. We liked the bathtub at Saratoga Springs. They were the size of our kiddie pool at home. We left Saratoga Springs today and I was pretty confused. I thought we were going home all ready. But, we were travelling down the road a little bit to visit Shamu and his friends at Sea World.



Grandpa Bob and Nathan walking on the bridge to get to breakfast at Saratoga.

Right inside of the gates at Sea World, Shamu was there to greet us.

We even went to see him swim in the water.

Shamu is a big killer whale and he made it a point to use his back fin to get us all soaked. I was doing really good watching the show until I saw a big, fishy smelling wave flying at me. Mom ducked and covered with Nathan so that her backside got wet. Me, I got nailed in the face. I was less than thrilled and I started to cry. I decided that I'd be safer up in the non-splash zone with Daddy and Mike.

We also visited Clyde and Seamore. These were two CRAZY sea lions who didn't want to listen to their trainers today. They decided that it would be more fun to slide backstage or take a dip in the pool than to perform for the audience. We think it was just too hot for them and they were looking for some relief from the sun. That's ok because we had a good time laughing at them.

Walrus!

Sea World had some water areas for us to play in. I loved them and Mom didn't care that I was getting wet.

I could be a model!

The Clydesdales were also at Sea World. This is Kelly and we were priveledged enough to get to stand next to him and get our picture. After the picture, we got to pet him. He was so soft. Mom warned me to stay away from his hooves. He had really big feet and it would hurt if he stepped on my toes.

Ewwwwwwwwww...Mom.............look! I'm going to feed the sea lions/birds. There were birds flocking in from everywhere when they found out that we had fish. I only got a few of them to land in the water for the sea lions. The birds snatched the rest. Plus, there were two sea lions in the water that were "wrestling" and wanted nothing to do with the yummies that I was throwing in the water.

We watched the dolphin/diving show.

Aunt Kelly, Grammy and Mommy rode the Kracken roller coaster. Aunt Kelly tricked Grammy into sitting in the front row. If you look closely, you can see that Grammy has her eyes clenched shut. Mommy and Kelly loved the ride though.