Kyle and the kids and us.
Here Shamu is splashing the crowd. The picture is deceiving...the splash went about 15 rows up into the crowd!!
Shamu with his trainer. This pool was 36' deep and very cold! I'd hate to pay THAT power bill!!
The kids with Shamu (kinda). Don't remember where Bailey got off to when I took this picture.
The end of the day. Boy, were we tired!
The next group of pictures were taken at Busch Gardens.
Out in the crowd was a mother peacock and two chicks. Beautiful tropical birds and flamingos graced the streets with us.
This is a huge playground that was netted on both floors with a big yellow air mattress floor underneath. As big as this was it didn't hold a candle to the one at Sea World!! That one was at least 3 times larger with a picnic area and large sandbox where the yellow air mattress was in this picture AND 3 stories high!! Adults and children alike played in it. For some reason, I didn't get a picture of it. Guess I thought I did.
The roller coasters would definitely leave you with "WOW" in every breath and eyes wide open. This was the typical expression from exiting riders. Spencer and Shelby rode every roller coaster; some several times!! No, thank you, I'll watch from the ground. Here were their favorites, Sheikra and Montu.
Can you see the tiny car at the top of the track?
And Montu:
The coaster goes underground here.
Don't remember the name of this roller coaster, but it went underground (as so many would do 3-4 times), come back up in a loop and when it would soar downward, would hit water and literally soak anyone in this area. The splash was HUGE. Many bystanders would unknowingly get soaked to the skin. See the car on the right side leaving the scene of the 'accident'?? The splash area was actually about where the car is. The picture does NOT capture that area, only the splash about to make landfall. It was funny watching...and, oh, by the way, the riders never got wet! How'd they do that??
At one store, colorful candies were displayed with such beauty and awe. You just wanted some of it all!
And finally the stars of the day beginning with a beautiful Clydesdale horse...
1 comment:
The candy store would have been right up my alley! When I went to Orlando one year we did Disney and Epcot and all that went along with it but my favorite was Sea World and Busch Gardens. I absolutely have the best memories of that vacation.
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