"Life, love and laughter-what priceless gifts to give our children."
My kids have been obsessed with dolphins ever since they heard about Winter, the most famous dolphin and I have always wanted to swim with a dolphin, it's on my bucket list so I set an AR reading goal for my kids with a trip to Discovery Cove as the prize. I had no doubt they would achieve it!
With our paid admission we were allotted 30 minutes in the water with a dolphin. During this time we were able to pet,
swim,
and kiss/hug the dolphin!
We were lucky to have interacted with 2 dolphins. The first dolphin we met was Lester. Lester is 45 years old...definitely an old dolphin. Most dolphins only live about 20 years in the wild and about 40-60 years in captivity. Lester is the dolphin we swam with since he is stronger than Harley, a 3 year old dolphin who is still in training. Harley still has a few more years of training before he can do a whole 30 minute interaction by himself.
Once our 30 minutes was over we had the whole day to explore Discover Cove. They have a reef you can snorkel which is amazing...tons of fish, stingrays, mantas and sharks. They have a lazy river with waterfalls and lots of birds...very tropical. Most of the time it seemed as if we were the only ones on the river.
I am very thankful that I was able to give my kids this experience and very happy to cross another item off my bucket list!
