Sunday at Sea World

Okay, I gotta admit, we are Sea World junkies. I don't know why, but we seem to spend a lot of time there. Maybe because it's so close by and the season passes are so cheap. Or maybe it's because I'm getting too old to brave Six Flags without the fear that I when I get off of the roller coaster I will leave parts behind. For whatever reason, we figured that the Sunday after school started would be a good day to go since it possibly wouldn't be crowded. Thankfully, we were right as there was hardly anyone there, and we were able to have a lot of fun without worrying about crowds. Even the weather cooperated as the overcast sky kept the sun at bay all day. We even had a little cloudburst as we were leaving. So it was a very good day at Sea World for us.

But we almost didn't make it there in one piece. I have lived in Dallas, Houston, and Austin, and I frequently drive to San Marcos, San Antonio, etc. But yesterday seemed to be National Idiotic Driver Day, and the idiots were having their convention in San Antonio. Not once, not twice, but at least seven times some idiot tried to change from the right lane into my front seat. I didn't notice any strange radioactive disturbance or sunspots yesterday that would have suddenly prevented mirrors from working. Hell, had I know I was going to be invisible yesterday, we could have had a really good time! I can see the Pflugerville Chief of Police doing the interview right now: "We got us a report of a missin' family from Floooogerveele, an' we wuz searchin' everwhar for 'em. They wuz finally found at the Taco Cabana when they got out of that there invisible car they wuz drivin'. We tried to ketch up to 'em but they got back in the car an' we lost 'em in the parkin' lot."

So after we finally braved the traffic and arrived, Kyly ended up having a lot of fun. She got to feed the dolphins, feed the sea lions, and ride her first amusement park ride. She got to go on the log ride with us, and she was having a good old time until we went down the huge drop off. The picture is worth a thousand words. She has the biggest "Oh Shit!" look on her face. Priceless. But she loved it and didn't want to get out of the "boat!" as she kept saying.

Feeding the sea lions and dolphins was an experience. Nothing like handling a tray full of stinking dead fish in the 95 degree heat. Reminds me of the oldest joke in the world:

What did the blind man say when he walked past the fish market?

"Hello ladies!"