Friday, September 26, 2008

Sea World with Trish & Roy

On Thursday, Chuck took the day off and we headed down to Sea World to meet up with some of our favorite people. Trish & Roy were down from Virginia for the week for their annual Disney/Sea World vacation, and brought along Roy's daughter Brittany. We headed out and got to Seal World around 10:30am and met the gang at the dolphin nursery. We decided to go towards the Dolphin Feeding area so Trish, Roy & Brittany went in there and we headed to the other end to watch the dolphins swim around. They were jumping all around and we got splashed pretty good! We stopped for lunch at Mama's Kitchen & Smoky Creek BBQ. Sat and talked for a while, then decided to head out so we could do a few things before the dolphin show at 2:30pm. One of Chuck's friends, Nick, is a trainer and we talked to him that morning and knew he would be in the 2:30pm show so we wanted to see that one. Headed off to wander through the Penguin Encounter, and waited for Roy & Brittany to go on Kraaken & then Journey to Atlantis. We were right next to the Dolphin stadium, so we went in and got good seats. The show was spectacular, definetely the best one I've seen since they changed the show to Blue Horizons. Nick said they souped it up some because of the whole Anheiser-Busch being bought, and I guess the company that bought it is selling the parks, and some potential buyers were in the crowd. Either way, amazing show. After we saw the dolphin show, we hung out and said hi to Nick, who took us backstage to see the false killer whales.

Left the dolphin show and went to see the Sea Lion & Otter feeding area, walked through Shark Encounter, and then got our seats at the Clyde & Seamore show before the mime came out -- I hate walking past him!! By that time, Delaney was getting cranky (no nap) so we finished the show (probably ended around 5pm), walked over to see the pictures from Trish, Roy & Brittany feeding the dolphins & headed out. We went to Wendy's to get dinner & sat around for a while talking, while they got a taste of what dinner is like at my house (Delaney -- "Hi Trish. Hi Roy. Hi Brittany.") Finally left Wendy's around 7:30pm. I was definetely sad to say goodbye, I hate that we only get to see each other once a year. Talked about taking a trip that way to visit, so we might have to plan something like that. We definetely had a great time, I love hanging out with Trish! Roy's a great guy too, and Brittany was very nice & Delaney loved her.
And here is a crazy amount of pictures!!!!

Sting Ray Cove
The whole gang - Chuck with Delaney, Brittany, Roy & Trish
Roy & Trish
Chuck & Delaney
Dolphin Cove

Trish, Roy & Brittany after they fed the dolphins
Penguin Encounter
Taking some pretty pictures while we waited


Delaney & Trish

Roy & Brittany in the front!
Panoramic of the Dolphin Stadium
Blue Horizons Show



Our friend, Nick
Nick again

Bird Lady
Trish, Chuck must've taken this one especially for us!
Mid-air
Vulture Guys
False Killer Whales


Loved these pics!!

Backstage, Brittany, Roy & Trish with Nick & a false killer whale
Delaney wearing Brittany's shades
Sea Lion feeding area

Baby sea lion! Panoramic of the Clyde & Seamore show




Chuck & Delaney playing drums

Dinner at Wendy's
Trish, Brittany & Roy
Brittany & Delaney

That's all I have, once I get the pictures Trish took I will probably post a "Part 2" because a lot of good pics are on her camera. & her camera is better than mine. lol!

3 comments:

Carrie S. said...

It sounds like guys had so much fun! I love all of the pictures. :)

Gina said...

Wow that was a lot of pictures but they were all great! It looks like you all had so much fun.

Trish said...

Love your pictures from yesterday! Even more, I loved spending time with you guys yesterday! We had such a wonderful time, like we always do when we see you! I so wish we lived closer to each other! I'll get pictures to you when I get home this weekend! Love ya!