Catching a ride

Claremont RV Park; Claremont, FL: Went to Discovery Cove today. Was supposed to be a beautiful, sunny day—but it was overcast and breezy. We got there and got oriented and changed into our wet suits and headed for the coral reef. Water pretty cold, but after getting in it wasn’t too bad. What a neat experience though. There was every beautiful fish imaginable plus huge rays. Was really fun. After about an hour and a half Mike was getting chilled so we got out and headed over to the tropical river—which was 85 degrees. That was really beautiful. We still used our snorkels and masks and swam the whole thing. There were water falls, caves, stuff on the bottom from ship wrecks, beautiful flowers on the banks. We even swam through an aviary. They certainly do a great job here. After that we had lunch and relaxed for a while. Then we went back to the coral reef. They were feeding the rays. That was pretty neat, but neither one of us could get over being chilled so after about a half hour we got out. At 5:00 we swam with the dolphins. That was fantastic. Plus the group we were in had the added benefit of a baby dolphin that was born there 11 months ago. So we got the benefit of interacting with him too. What a fun day! After the dolphin interaction we were looking forward to hot showers. But, there was no hot water (sigh).