Friday, January 8, 2010

Florida Keys & Dolphin Research Center

Our trip to Key West started off with a smooth plane ride to Miami. Once on the ground, we gathered our stuff and rented a van to drive to Key West arriving to Hanks Cay around 8pm.

On Day 2 we ate breakfast at IHOP and everyone loved it! We went to the Dolphin Research Center only to find out that they were full for the day so we made reservations for tomorrow. Our group was a little bummed but we decided to make the best of it and headed back to the hotel where we spent the afternoon in the hotel pool and relaxing in the hot tub. That night we treated ourselves to dinner at the Barraccuda Grill.

Finally on our third day we got to go swimming with the dolphins! Our dolphin was Talon, the grandson to Flipper, the famous TV dolphin!




We spent the following day at Key West. We took a trolley ride through the Historic Site of American Company. After that we went to the Key West Aquarium and Museum. There we got to pet a shark and some of us even held a baby alligator!



We were all sad that our trip had to come to an end but on our final day we packed our bags and said goodbye to Florida. Even though the weather was as "tropical" as we had hoped, all vacationers agreed that it was an experience they would remember forever.

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