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April 17th, 2006

Nighthawk

Soakin' Easter
Posted at 10:09 AM

We went to the Miami Seaquarium on Easter Sunday because they had an Easter egg hunt and games for the little one.

 There was a time when you could expect to get wet at only one show: the killer whale show. Now, it's gotten to the point where you need a bathing suit in every show.

The top deck dolphin show: we got wet. Well, they got wet; I was busy guarding the stroller. I still don't know how it happened, but they came downstairs soaked.

The sea lion show: we got wet. The SEA LION show and we got wet. I know you're wondering how that was possible: at one point in the show, the sea lion jumps up on the railing (and an indian family that was sitting out there literally ran from their seats) in front of the audience, then a handler decides to give him a garden hose, and he proceeds to hose down the entire audience.

The Flipper show: we got wet. Well, I got wet this time, and only slightly, because I was brained by a beach ball launched by one of the dolphins.

The killer whale show: we sat on the upper level, so we didn't get wet. But they seem to have calmed down the show. It wasn't the "soak the entire audience" splashtacular that it use to be. The whale only did a few major jumps, and even those were contained by the retaining wall. She did soak the center of the audience by smashing the water several times with her tail; even with the employees warning people and pointing at the splash area, people were still surprised at getting soaked.

It's always relieving to see some guy with a $1000 camera or a brand new phone trying to shake out 55-degree salt water from it.

By this time, we were afraid to even see the manatees.

All in all, a decent day. My first day off in months, to be honest. I think we all needed it.



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Comment posted on April 17th, 2006 at 06:14 PM
but i want to see manatees write a family guy episode...

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