day 110
on tuesday, shore excursions was offering spaces to crew to go on the dolphin and stingray encounter (usually $150 for guests) for $45. in the name of "team building" my supervisor arranged it so that all of us technicians could go with no one being left behind.
the guys promised me that i wouldn't drown, in fact, one is a life guard, but no promises about getting teased. and really, there wasn't that much teasing about my awkwardness in the water.
dolphin encounter was first.
i laughed my butt off the whole time. i'll post the pics later. we couldn't take our own pics, but with a little help from our smooth talker mark, we got ours for free (guests don't).
petting, kissing, dancing, singing, water fights, and rides.
then we took a pontoon boat a half an hour away to a sand bar to chillax with some stingrays. who knew they'd be so cool to pet? i even held one. they are so docile. the big ones are the females and the little ones are the males.
once you get used to them touching you when they swim past and get over the fact that they have a terrifying stinger, the only thing that really freaked me out was feeding it. and for a girl who grew up with horses, this should be no big thing right? ACK.
you know you miss your pet (oh daytona!) when you don't want to stop petting the stingrays.
love and marine life,
jamie
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