Tail flipping Weekend....

As promised, I am posting about our weekend in San Diego. It was an awesome trip and well worth the time it took to save up the money to go. It was so well planned and the girls were always busy. This is how our weekend started.

The girls and I woke up about 4:00 a.m. Saturday morning so that we could shower and get ready and be at Sally's house by 5:15. We all met at her house and then drove to the school where the chartered bus would pick us up.

The bus was great and they even had tags labeled with our name so that we could put them on our luggage. Our girls grabbed the seats at the back of the bus and snuggled in for a 6 hour trip. It was a very comfortable ride and the travel agent had prepared activities for the girls to do on their way to San Diego. She had bought and cut flannel material so that they could make scarves to wear on the whale watching boat tour. They loved that and it really kept them busy. They also had lanyards to make and because they were experienced girl scouts, they were able to help the younger girls do their lanyards as well.

We stopped in Yuma and had Burger King for lunch. We arrived in SanDiego about 12:00 and had some time to meandor in the gift shops before getting on the hornblower whale tour. The boat was 3 stories and the girls wanted to sit on the top. During the 3 hour trip we saw many dolphins and many whales. It was so exciting to ride around until you heard someone yell,"There She Blows." Then everyone would run to that side of the ship to see the whale spout up and do a tail flip.

It was so nice to have the cool ocean breeze in our hair and the girls loved getting food from the snack bar.

As soon as we arrived back at the dock we got back on the bus and headed for Adventure Camp at Sea World. When we arrived we all received brightly colored shirts that we had to wear for the duration of the night. It seemed like we walked around SeaWorld for so long that night. We got to feed squid to the Bat Rays, which some of the girls thought was a little gross. Gwen and Makayla really tried to do it but everytime a bat ray would swim over their hand they would get scared and drop the squid. After feeding the bat rays we headed to shipwreck rapids for dinner. We were all so famished since we hadn't had a big meal for about 8 hours. We had a great meal of penne past, marinara sauce, meatballs, breadsticks, salad, hot dogs, chips, and chocolate chip cookies. I had seconds. After dinner we went to the Wild arctic and they dressed one of the girls up like a polar bear and we learned all about why polar bears are made the way they are.

Then we headed over to the penguin encounter to have penguin egg races. Then we went to the education center and made penguin ID bracelets. By the time we were done we were all exhausted and ready for bed. We got to sleep in the Penguin encounter exhibit. It was cold but perfect for sleeping. The lights were on for the Penguins all night because it is summer for them right now. We had a great time. In the morning we saw the Clydesdale horses taking their morning stroll with their trainer around the park. After we got ready we fed the Sea lions. Then we had breakfast with Shamu. All I have to say is, "WOW!!" It was so cool to be up that close to the killer whales oh and the food was awesome. For the rest of the day we were able to do whatever we wanted in the park. For every show the girls wanted to sit in the splash zone so they got really wet. They also rode shipwreck rapids 3 times, so they got really wet. They also got wet at the dolphin encounter when they surprisingly got splashed by the dolphins. Overall, it was a wet day but very enjoyable. We left the park when it closed and Sally and I were ready to head home after the long weekend. We had a great trip and would suggest to all!!!!!