Remember That One Time...

THAT I WENT SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS!?!

Because, it was awesome. My friend Amy Lou flew down to Key West to help me make the loooooooong drive up to Virginia, and we decided that as long as we were on the road, we would Road Trip (with the capital letters.) Our first stop today was Theater of the Sea, which I have driven past probably a million bajillion times but never been to. And you know what you can do there? SWIM WITH DOLPHINS!!!

We are ready to swim with dolphins.

Holding on for dear life. Skipper was FAST!

Dolphin kisses! Skipper left a tender spot of my cheek -- those rostrums are HARD! Nikki was much gentler with Amy.

No, for reals, we swam with dolphins.

At Theater of the Sea, there's also a dolphin show, a sea lion show and a parrot show. I kind of stopped taking pictures, but here's one of a parrot walking on a barrel. I kid you not. Also, one of the parrots did math. Also, not kidding. He added 4 to 7, and then took away 3 from 11. My mind <--- blown.

The lady was telling people to be careful about buying parrots because it's like committing to having a loud, messy, manipulative, 3-year-old in your house for the next 50 years. It kind of reminded me of the time when my mom used to raise parrots and we had one called Sammy who would go around squawking "Mooooooom!" just like a three year old.

Anyway, after that we drove a long time and now we're hotelling in Titusville, FL. But not after a tasty soul dinner and the restaurant with the best name in at least a 30 mile radius:

Yummy oxtail and fried okra and collards for me. Fried chicken, green beans, and cole slaw for Ames. And this way yummo sweet potato cake thing that I'm determined to replicate at home somehow. We were both doing the Happy Tummy Dance by the time we were done.

And right the very minute, we are heading to bed because we have more big adventures ahead. 'Night, y'all!