Wow, looks like a dolphin, I thought, then I saw one behind it. Then one in front of it.
Then another and another. I stopped walking and stood there watching fin after fin cresting the waves, there had to be maybe thirty bottlenose dolphins swarming there in the Gulf with the sun setting down. (Apparently sometimes pods, which usually consist of 6-7 dolphins, herd together and can sometimes be as much as 100. Never knew this before I looked it up.)
Just seeing that would have been cool enough, but then I saw a dolphin coming closer and closer; it almost seemed like he saw me. I was right on the wet sand next to the water, and he splashed up out of the water and made a little squeaky dolphin noise, just like Flipper! Elwood was astounded. 🙂
There may be hurricanes, there may be bugs and stifling heat and scary snakes and whatnot, but seeing all those dolphins wild and free as they were meant to be was truly awesome.
