Warm and overcast at wake-up time, the forecast didn’t call for rain but it did look a little threatening. After breakfast we got ready to leave as we were heading off to the Dolphin Cruise today.
We have done this cruise 3 out of the 4 trips down here and have enjoyed it each time. We misjudged the timing a little and got there about 10 minutes before departure (should have been 15-20 minutes before). The cruise was arranged through the resort and we had one boat to ourselves. There was a second boat for the rest of the passengers, which was good news, as two boats are better than one in this case. As I have mentioned before, with two boats they form up in parallel and as they pick up speed their two wakes interact making the perfect dolphin playground. Sure enough after a couple of minutes mum and kid come out to play, swimming in the wake and jumping. A third dolphin joined them after a few minutes. During the 1½ hour trip we did this three times. Evidently there are three reasons the dolphins enjoy this:
1.They like to play
2. The wake gives them extra speed to get from A to B
3. It’s a way of washing! The dolphins often come out of the water and land sideways rather than the more elegant nose first entry. By landing sideways any build up on their skin is “scraped” off.
Being “veterans” of this trip we have learnt that the best seats in the boat are at the stern, most people instinctively head for the bow, so yet again we got our favourite spot. This time, at Lyn’s suggestion, I didn’t take any photos as we had a number from previous trips. This way I got to see the “whole picture” rather than spending my time trying to get the “perfect shot”.
Some previous shots.
After the cruise we had a shrimp lunch at the waterside restaurant.
As we drove back to the resort we stopped at a couple of geocache sites. One was a cache that we didn’t find a couple of days ago, but after a little research Lyn figured their was something out of place at the site; a cable TV connection. The cache log was actually installed inside the cable TV connector! The other cache was not found, all though there were signs that it had been removed.
Back at the resort we walked around the sites for about a mile. After that we had a call from Catriona, who wasn’t too amused with the fact that there was yet another snow storm outside. We mentioned that it was warm here, but the grass was still brown. Catriona said she couldn’t remember what grass looked like, well for you guys up north here is a reminder.
