Greetings from Florida!

R. and I are down here for her trip. As you may remember, J. and I took a trip to Florida during school break last year, and this year is R.'s turn. We arrived yesterday via JetBlue with no problems.

Today we went to Sea World, which is R's favorite theme park. We did pretty much everything there was to do at Sea World, other than ride the Krakken roller coaster (for which R. is too short and I am too chicken). The highlight was the dolphin show, called "Blue Horizons". I'm not going to get into a lot of detail, but it was an amazing show. Without a doubt it was the best animal show I have ever seen.

We also had lunch with Shamu. Shamu, as you may or may not know, is a killer whale and is to Sea World what Mickey Mouse is to Disney World. I had scheduled this a while back, and it turned out to be a lot of fun. A buffet lunch was served along one of the tanks they keep the whales in. Several of the trainers were there as well, and they explained how they train the whales and showed off some of the behaviors. It was really interesting to get a bit of the "behind the scenes."

The food was OK, although not up to Chef Mickey standards - actually, food has always been Sea World's weak point. Good news and bad news on the beer front; the good news is that beer was included with the meal. The bad news is that since Anheuser-Busch owns Sea World the only beers available were Budweiser and it's sister brands. A minor quibble, though, since I did drink down a Bud.

All in all, we had a great day. Sea World is a fun place if you are into shows instead of rides - one good thing is that you don't wait in line much.

We're off to my brother's house tomorrow, then we have a day at the Magic Kingdom on Sunday. All of you up north, enjoy the snow that's headed your way!