On Saturday, April 18th, we arrived at Sea World at 10 am. We had reservations for the Dolphin Encounter at 11 am. Because our tickets were in will call, it took us a while to get our tickets and then get in the security line. By the time this all happened we were late for our reservation by 10 minutes. We had to re-schedule our reservation for 2:30 pm. We then decided to go to the Dolphin Show, the Sea Lion Show and the Shamu show. It was a nice warm day in San Diego. It was around 90 degrees for the high that day, so we all got a little bit sunburned. Erika, thinking that she just tans, didn't put on any sunblock, so she got blisters on her nose and forehead. The kids touched the Bat Rays and then we went on the Water ride. Riley was drenched when we got off the ride. We ate some lunch and then walked around to the exhibits. At 2:15 we walked over to the Dolphin Encounter and we were able to touch and feed one of the Dolphins with one trainer. Erika wants to be able to train dolphins, so this experience was for her purpose. She was thrilled for the 15 minutes she had with the dolphin. We then did some more walking around different sea life exhibits and then stood in line for the Atlantis Ride. It said 20 minutes, but it ended up being an hour. It was dark by this time, and since Riley had already gotten drenched once, we decided to buy him a rain poncho so he wouldn't be wet the rest of the evening. We bought some gifts from the gift shop and saw some of the fireworks from the Shamu Rocks show and then headed back to the WESTGATE Hotel. We were all tired and sunburned and needed a good nights sleep and to sleep in. We left San Diegoat 9:30 am on Sunday morning and headed back for home. We drove for 12 1/2 hours on Sunday and arrived back at home at 11:45 pm. We were glad to be home, but we had a great time. Cameron decided not to go with us and stayed home and took care of some home improvements while we were gone.
