Dolphins everywhere! Really!

Look what we saw up close and personal today!!! Dolphins!!!!! We have seen them before down here, but never this close.

We decided to take take the car ferry over to Fort Morgan/Gulf Shores to do some exploring. Surprisingly in all the years we have been travelling down here we have never visited the eastern Alabama shore, or taken the car ferry. So, no time like the present. The girls loved the idea of the car ferry, they were extremely excited to take it, they didn't much care where we were going. Gulf Shores is very commercialized, not really our kind of vacation spot. So back we came over the bay to our little island. And look what we got to watch!

While we were waiting for the ferry to pick us up, there were about 5 dolphins playing right by the dock. Very cool to see playful dolphins in their natural habitat. The girls were out of their minds with all of it! And Mom and Dad thought it was pretty cool as well!

We met a very nice Dad and son on the ferry who had wound up here pretty much by accident, so Dad got a chance to spout off all kids of Dauphin Island information, he sounded just like an islander, hmmmm, maybe someday?

We gave them some great lunch ideas and parted ways when we docked on the island. Back to the house we came where Grandma was waiting(she opted to stay home today). Jim worked on his muscles by carrying Maddy down to the beach for her afternoon constitution, and after some wandering around he carried her back up. Seafood for dinner and then relax for the rest of the evening. Probably the busiest day all vacation for Team Ruff.