Monday was absolutely the best day ever!!! Don't get me wrong, I was thankful to be at the beach and to stay in a wonderful condo. I had no idea however, there would be some extras along the way. When me and Maddy woke up Monday morning we did our usual thing of walking out to the patio to say good morning and to discuss breakfast. My mom asked me what we wanted to do and instantly my wheels started turning. I decided to ask what our options were and when she replied our options were limitless I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I really was just going to ask to go to Gulfworld because I wanted to see the dolphins, but I joked with her and said so if I said swim with the dolphins? She said the sky was the limit. We started talking and then I learned my mom was really serious about swimming with the dolphins. We got ready and headed out. GulfWorld is no seaworld by any means, but it was a neat place to go and of coarse the animals were just amazing. Luckily I do have my pictures from this trip along with a video. This post will have quite a few pictures on it because my mom bought the whole cd of pictures from us swimming with the dolphins.
I'm going to put the video here since it is of the dolphin show. I will warn you it's a little lengthy and at one point I thought I stopped recording, but it didn't stop so you will see people and then my legs and my arm and then I got back on track lol. I know not everybody shares my love for these animals, but they are just so amazing to me. The youngest one was only eight months old and I just wanted to love on all of them.
After the dolphin show we went to a bird show then grabbed some lunch.
Up next is our dolphin swim. Our time was at 4:00 p.m. and normally it is done in a group of six. My mom and I some how lucked out and were the only two. It was a bit awkward, but it really was a neat experience. My step dad took Maddy for me. I think this is an experience many people should have because it is just amazing!
This beautiful dolphin, Cajun, weighs approximately 250 pounds. You wouldn't think you would feel it due to being in the water but you could def feel it. I was thinking please hurry and take this picture because I'm about to fall lol.
I was making it turn around. I was a little unsure because I was trying to do as I was told and not mess up and the trainer wasn't as friendly as they appeared in the show lol. We think they were mad because they wanted to get off early and here we come wanting to swim...we got paid back at the end lol
It was a wonderful day and Maddy did really well watching all the shows. We ate at a place called Montego Bay and I got scallops and fries and Maddy got macaroni and cheese. We headed back to the condo and went swimming since Maddy didn't get to all day and I told her she could.
Me and Maddy woke up pretty early...for us. We woke up around 6:30 a.m. but decided to lay in bed for some extra snuggle time. We finally got up around 7 a.m. and headed out to the patio. Maddy was all about wanting to go to the sand box so we ate breakfast real fast and headed out. Again I had tons of pictures of Maddy on the beach but my memory card decided to do something with the pictures. It was so cute too because my mom mad a hill of sand and a place for Maddy to sit and then she wrote "Maddy" in the sand...it was a cute picture. Sunday was nothing but the beach, pool, and going out to eat. I will let the pictures and video do the rest of the talking :)
For dinner we went to Pineapple Willy's, which is a really neat place to eat because you sit outside on a pier. It's a great place to watch the sun set too. Me and Maddy both ate popcorn shrimp and fries. We all got shirts from there as well as a souvenir.
When we got back to the condo we had some key lime pie and got ready for bed.
*Warning...there WILL be tons of pictures with some video as well*
Me and Maddy just got back from our first vacation of the year. We headed down to Panama City Beach, FL with my mom and step dad to stay in the condo they rent. Let me just tell ya that the condo is just plum amazing! Me and my mom stayed up late Friday night packing. I have no idea what time my mom went to bed, but I decided I better get some sleep around 12:30 a.m. as we were supposed to be up at 4. My step dad rented me a car for the trip because my car isn't very reliable for long trips anymore. I got a 2012 Camry and I am quite impressed with it. I only have one pic of it and it was dark but you get the idea anyways.
This car has some get up and go to it and some neat little gadgets inside. I took a pic of the radio system, which btw, has some major bass to it lol
Google maps gave three routes to take to get there
We bypass Atlanta and go towards Columbus and pass through Eufala and Dothan and well, you get the idea. My favorite part of the drive, besides seeing the Florida welcome sign, is in Eufala. There is this historical looking type town that is just so pretty to drive through. I call it Mayberry because it reminds of Mayberry lol. Here are a couple of pics I got while driving through. The speed limit was like maybe 25 and we were going 15 due to traffic so I was very safe :)
By the time we hit the Florida Welcome Center, Maddy had fallen asleep. I want to try to add her into the photo eventually, but for now I will just show the two different pictures.
Once we hit the welcome center it was only about an hour and ten minutes until we were at the beach. Maddy did super well on the trip. She does much better on long car trips compared to around town. I apparently didn't fully charge the dvd player, so maybe three hours or so into the trip it went dead and she doesn't understand she has to keep the dvd player still when it is plugged up. She got upset when she had nothing to do, but we pulled over and got her some toys to play with and from there she was just fine.
The name of the condo's we stay in is Treasure Island. It is just beautiful too! I'm going to post a video tour I did and will warn you I went a little fast and it's definitely sloppy, but again you will get the gist of it lol
Maddy calls the sand, "the sandbox" and the ocean the water. If she wanted to swim in the pool she would say she wanted to go to other water. She had no fear of the sand this year and just dug right in. She did have fears of the ocean, but I expected that. The last day we were in the ocean she let my mom and step dad carry her out and she actually laughed. I was so proud of her for overcoming her fears :)
We decided to bring dinner back to the condo to eat since we got there kinda late in the afternoon. We ate Scampy's and it was yummy!! Me and Maddy both got popcorn shrimp and fries. We were able to watch the sunset and it was just gorgeous! I had a picture of it on my camera and posted it to my facebook, but somewhere along the way it got erased along with a bunch of other pictures I had on this memory card.
This was the first day of our trip to Panama City Beach, I will add the other days either tonight or tomorrow :)
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