Destin Day Three

We set out for Destin... actual Destin on day three and decided to go on a two hour glass bottom boat cruise. We thought this would be really cool to see the dolphins from under the water/boat. Unfortunately the glass was more like fogged up plastic - in other words, not clear at all. It was a little disappointing but we still enjoyed the boat ride.

We were able to see several sightings of dolphins. They swam right up to the boat and at one point, two dolphins swam right along side the front of the boat for a long while.
I enjoyed the Caribbean/tropical songs playing while enjoying our cruise. Gotta love Jimmy Buffett! Definitely felt like a beach vacation.

The crew caught a crab in a trap and showed it to us and we got to touch it.

After the boat cruise, we stopped for lunch and headed over to the Gulfarium. This was not too far from the glass bottom boat cruise and we figured we would throw the naps to the wind and take the kids to this. This was a fun place but by no means Sea World!!

We saw a dolphin show...

... a sea lion show. This was actually a picture of all three sea lions getting their rest and sun tan after the show.

... and a sea lion and dolphin show.
The dolphin and sea lion sharing a kiss.

We also saw stingrays, huge turtles, alligators, a shark, some birds, tropical penguins, small aquariums of fish and a huge aquarium that we could peak through the windows at the dolphins.
It didn't take long before Hannah and Tyler fell asleep in the car on the way back to the condo after we left the Gulfarium.
And here is Whitney, my earliest riser as happy as can be.
We then decided to run by the Seaside shop that we didn't get a chance to look in the night before on our date night. Mamaw stayed in the car with the kids, who had their power nap minus Whitney. They watched a video for about 20 or 30 minutes while we picked up the most comfortable flipflops we've ever owned.

Then we headed back to the condo and had dinner at the condo and decided to play around some in the condo.

Our balcony...


Then we decided to go down and play in the grassy area in front of our condo building thingy. The kids really enjoyed this despite how tired they were from the busy day and lack of naps. I wished they had their fountains on so the kids could play in them but they were turned off all week.
Whitney refused to hold our hands; she was just as happy and content as she could be lagging behind.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if the water suddenly came on right about now?
Mamaw with the trips. We gave up on trying to get a good pic of the four of them.

Or these four... Hanging out on the little house, back porch island. Whitney was too scared to walk off the porch by herself because she was afraid of the mulch. Remember, if it aint grass or pavement, she aint happy.

This is where we stayed.
This is me being one of Bob Barker's girls, showing off our prize. :)
I will post more pics of the room later in a separate post but had to share with you the funny story of how much Tyler absolutely LOVED this sofa! He couldn't get enough of it. He would just sit and sit on it. And usually right smack dab in the middle. So cute!
After a busy day and after we put the kids to bed, Craig and I decided to run down to the La Cocina Mexican restaurant in our condo/resort building for a second dinner/snack. We enjoyed sitting outside and listening to the music.

Ok... Wow, this was a busy day for us and long post! I'll try to post day four and the drive home tomorrow.