Dolphin Cruise

Today after breakfast we took a long walk on the beach. As soon as we cross the street and get in the sand my shoes come off. My feet really enjoy walking barefoot in the white sugar sand. We walk down to the waters edge where the sand is hard packed. Waves come up and cool off our feet now and again. The sanderlings run back and forth with the waves searching for nuggets of food. On our walk back we noticed a dolphin in the gulf waters and that was very exciting to see. After our walk we pack up a lunch and head out to Orange Beach. We stop at a beach area, park, and hike out to the water again. We find a nice spot to swim and enjoy the view. We eat our lunch. Gulls come and beg for food. Some gulls are really loud about begging for food. We don't give them any food but they stay as long as we stay. Eventually a great blue heron comes begging for food. The heron is cool about it. The heron doesn't talk and doesn't come as close as the gulls come but we know it's begging for food because why else would it be standing so close to us? After lunch we head over to Happy Harbor for our dolphin cruise. We get on the boat and head into the  Bayou Saint John to look for dolphins. Our captain takes us past Ono Island. Ono Island is mostly in Florida and just a tiny bit is in Alabama. The only bridge to Ono Island is in  Alabama so the whole island is considered to be in Alabama. This is a private island with it's own security guards. If you don't belong on Ono Island you are not getting on Ono Island. He showed us the former home of Farrah Fawcett and the current homes of Tom Selleck and Oprah Winfrey. Eventually we saw some dolphins out in the bay. A few were jumping off in the distance. We came to a spot where quite a number dolphins were hanging out. When they dispersed our captain revved up the engines and we took off at a good clip. A few dolphins followed the boat and jumped in our wake for about ten minutes which was great fun to see. The dolphins tired and eventually veered off. We motored back to our Happy Harbor content and satisfied with our dolphin cruise.Later we ate dinner on the bay.We sat outside with the pelicans and ate our meal.