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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bottlenose Dolphin is an amazing creature, they learn tricks easily, aren't picky about what type of fish they eat and love people, they can also swim up to 60 mph. They </span><span style="font-size: large;">have awesome eyesight but in the dark murky ocean they can't see that well, so to find there food they use echolocation. Echolocation is when the dolphins make a noise and bounces from the fish back to the dolphin. The dolphin who made the echolocation is the only dolphin who can tell what type of fish they hit, the fishes size, how far away and how long it will take to get to the fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At Dolphin Discovery you don't just swim with the dolphins you can get a chance to be like a dolphin's trainer. You learn how to hug and kiss the dolphin, how to feed them and how to play with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dolphins love to be pet just as much as I love petting them. When a trainer pets the dolphin its a reward for doing tricks. The trainer can communicate with the dolphin through hand motions and a high pitched whistle. I learned the hand motions make to the dolphins splash and eek. I also held onto two dolphin's dorsal fins and they pulled me through the water. We also did a trick called the toe push where two dolphins pushed on the flats of my feet so that when they started pushing me, I flew through the air. When we finished our tricks the dolphins and I had a splash fight, gave me kisses and I hugged them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this is small place in Grand Cayman where you get a chance to meet and swim with "the birds of the ocean." </span>Spookyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702692746360789676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636707895281678606.post-19223496832399770122015-08-12T14:00:00.005-07:002015-08-12T14:04:10.900-07:00The Cayman Islands - Turtle Farm<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Cayman Island's Turtle Farm is another special attraction close to Hell in the West End. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It is very large and turtles are not the only thing that you can see and do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first thing you see when you walk into the Turtle Farm is a mini beach with giant sea turtles. You can buy little packs of food to feed those giants. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the mini pools of water (behind the mini beach) there are smaller turtles, that you can go in the pool with, and hold them.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hell (H- E- double hockey sticks), is one of the tourist attractions in the West End on Grand Cayman. The rock was made from "acid rain and consumption of the rock by carbonate-loving organisms." Hell was named Hell because when it was found, people thought that this is what Hell would look like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hell also has a gift shop were you can buy things like t-shirts, bags, necklaces, and other cool souvenirs. You can also buy post cards and send your family and friends letters from hell. There's not much to do in Hell except look a beautiful thing that nature made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We stayed in the East End, which is very quiet and peaceful. Close by, you can drive to Rum Point, its beautiful, but not very populated, and has beautiful views. Across the water, you can see West Bay. George Town is very populated and beautiful. Seven Mile Beach looks like a city because there are so many shops, buildings, restaurants, bars and boat docks. Seven Mile beach also has very good snorkeling and scuba diving spots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On our 7 day trip we went to swim with the dolphins, the <a href="http://www.lexigirlonthego.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-cayman-islands-turtle-farm.html">Turtle Farm</a>, Stingray city and visited <a href="http://www.lexigirlonthego.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-cayman-islands-hell.html">Hell</a>. </span><span jsinstance="*0" jstcache="299" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The blow holes were one my favorite spots to visit because when the water comes over the rocks, "</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">BOOM" water splashes from a hole in the rocks, but if you get too close your going to get very wet. The only reason the splash is so big is because this part of the island isn't surrounded by the reef.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I really enjoyed looking at the animals, they seemed friendly. To my surprise bald eagles are not actually bald. My favorite animals were the friendly Turkey Vultures that followed me around the cage as I walked and the dancing Barn owl that made me laugh (see the video below). The most interesting thing is that both of the American Crows talked. One greeted you with "Hi" and the other with "Hello" but if you stood there too long, I could see how it would get annoying. (see the video below)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After that, we took the yellow trail, it was longer and more difficult and it went right through the Jersey Devil's home. The trail was challenging because there was a storm the day before with tornadoes so a lot of trees fell down and were blocking the trail. We had to climb over and under about 6 trees.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62IpmME9ZMLcYl5hpKc_rY8OeT7e3NVscMosnGPFQP_Q_mb8wNoTrlFlucqF1Py-saIdILuqgqJLuVyxoriho-Q8FPC5XtKlLR0rny8UK63VXsgKRl8fE5aaVBVwHJQN95-rE1X2Qmjk6/s1600/20150708_152726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62IpmME9ZMLcYl5hpKc_rY8OeT7e3NVscMosnGPFQP_Q_mb8wNoTrlFlucqF1Py-saIdILuqgqJLuVyxoriho-Q8FPC5XtKlLR0rny8UK63VXsgKRl8fE5aaVBVwHJQN95-rE1X2Qmjk6/s320/20150708_152726.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While we were walking my </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">grandfather was trying to tell us scary stories about the </span><a href="http://theshadowlands.net/jd.htm" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Jersey Devil</a>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then my mom tried to un-scare us by signing</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the theme song for "Dora The Explorer" and "Go Diego G</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">o". At first it was funny, but quickly became annoying because she sang it until we finished the trail and went to the visitors center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the visitors center they have a really cool gift shop and a reptile room. There is also a little play room for little kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I am 16 I hope to volunteer at cedar run wild life refuge because I want to take good care of all the animals that live there.</span><br />
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<br />Spookyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702692746360789676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636707895281678606.post-27681725133877650382015-07-12T07:56:00.000-07:002015-07-12T14:59:08.931-07:00I Love Lucy the Elephant<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lucytheelephant.org/">Lucy the Elephant</a> is </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">located right on</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> the beach of the Atlantic Ocean in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Margate City, NJ.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was built in 1881 and was named a national monument in the 1900s. Lucy was also once a house before the public tours started. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The adult ticket price is $8.00 and the kids are $4.00 (I think is r</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">easonable) People in the military get to do the tour free.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tour through Lucy is incredible because you get to go into a giant elephant and you don't get to do that everyday, do you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tour is less than an hour, make sure you get a good look at everything before it is over. When you start up t</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he steep narrow stairs in Lucy's back leg, it is a bit more tiring because there are so many thick and narrow steps. If you fall, then its a scary game of human dominoes. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Looking through Lucy's eye</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you are up in her belly there is a video about Lucy's history. Lucy was built by ship builders so inside her if you look up it looks like a ship's <a href="https://www.google.com/search?espv=2&q=define+hull&sa=X&ei=FDKgVY-xB8ro-AGi0Y3ACw&ved=0CCgQgCswAA&biw=1366&bih=681">hull</a>. Lucy's eyes will glow purple at night, in the dark and you can see them from the beach and a boat on the ocean. Inside, you can see through her eyes. In the right eye you can see the beach and the left eye, all you can see is a teal</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> blue building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You climb another steep set of narrow stairs to get to her back, on her back is a seat with a canopy, called a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=howdah&oq=howda&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.3258j0j8" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">howdah</a>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first howdah was </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">built in 1881 just for Lucy but, that year a terrible storm passed by and took it right off the top of her. After that the put a flat howdah on top. Around 1885 they put an exact replica of her very first howdah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tour takes you on top of Lucy's Howdah where you can see the Margate city water tower that has Lucy painted on it. You can also see Atlantic City and Ocean City. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Hey, I can see my house from here!) After you are finished sight seeing on Lucy's back you travel down another steep staircase then the tour is over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this is amazing that people take the time every year to paint her toenails a different color or different colors for the sake of it giving Lucy a little pop in color but, I wish they would use better paint because right now her french red and blue pedicure is chipping</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would recommend going to see Lucy for kids (and adults) of all ages and also make sure you hit the gift shop right after the tour and maybe head to the beach. </span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Spookyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01702692746360789676noreply@blogger.com0