Panama City Beach Sunsets

We had beautiful sunsets every evening. Hurricane Karen sure didn't spoil our trip.

Dolphins!

When I heard there was a facility nearby where you could swim with the dolphins, I decided to let Millie do it. It was not cheap so I asked Millie how much she really wanted to do it. I had her tell me how much she should pay out of her spend money to contribute. She was a little low at first but we compromised and she agreed to pay $40 toward it. I think it's important for kids to realize that things cost money and when they have to pay for part of it out of their money, you start to see what they find to actually be important to them.

Millie was in a group of girls where everyone else in the group was together. So she was kind of the odd one out but it didn't bother her. She only had her eyes on her dolphin, Brennen. It was neat that before they got in the water, they sat through a 1/2 hour class where they learned a little about dolphins and specifically about the kind they would be swimming with. Brennen was a bottle nose dolphin.

It was freezing!

Say Hi to Brennen

Sing Brennen, sing

Shake

Dolphin Kisses

Dancing

Splashing

Hitching a Ride

Bye Bye, Brennen

This was such a wonderful experience for her, I'm sure she'll never forget it. There was lots of other great stuff at the park so when she was finished and changed, we saw a sea lion show with dolphins, a different dolphin show, a small animal show with dogs, cats and birds, stingray feeding and shark feeding.

Panama City Beach Days

I finally got the photos off Rick's computer so I can share them. We had several all beach days. The kids really liked it but Rick was getting stir crazy. One day he took Millie on a 2 hour wave runner outing to Shell Island. She loved it and it turned into over 3 hours because their guide just didn't want to go back. I think she drove most of the time and was full speed...big surprise.

Panama City Beach - Day 2 - Phone

The Internet here is less than cooperative. So, I'm going to have to blog my phone photos separate from my good camera. The kids did lots of football and ocean playing the second day. They enjoyed being buried.