Monday, July 21, 2008

Busch Gardens 2008

Busch Gardens was GREAT! except for the scorching 98 degrees with no breeze that we had going on. I tell you it was so hot that we couldn't even see straight, it mad the breeze from the roller coasters feel fantastic..lol Lets not mention the water rides thank god they had 4 of them..lol We went up to Busch Garden because we gave Bianca a graduation gift that entailed her being in their zoo career for a week working alongside the zookeepers, handlers & veterinarians at Busch Gardens. So we drove up on Friday and dropped her off Sat morning & continued on to the park for ourselves. We ran into her one time while Jr was getting a tattoo...lol She was getting to know the park inside & out. She has only one phone call a day & it is a night as she has a really rough schedule. Bianca gets up @ 5:00am every morning gets ready has breakfast & then works in her zoo area from 7 -12 then has lunch and goes back to her zoo area from 1-3. At 3 they go & do other activities that entail learning all there is to know about working with zoo animals. She then gets dinner around 6 then showers, free time & phone calls. There are a few field trips she will go on one is to the Busch Gardens Animal Outpost where the zoo animals are held before entering or leaving to go to another zoo, the other field trip is at Discovery Cove where she will swim with dolphins and learn about marine animals. She also gets a few photo ops with some animals and lots of hands on training. I think this is an experience she will never forget. I hope the gift we gave her measures up to her expectations. I will keep you posted on her week as it draws to a close. She has made a few friends one of them is also going to Colorado for college so i hope they stay friends for a very long time.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Sea World Trip

We Went on a trip to Sea World & their new water park Aquatica. It was so much fun! We were a group of 11 yep you read correctly 11 so it was a bit hectic but all in all worth every moment. The kids had so much fun it had been a few years since we had been to Sea World the weather was great it wasn't too crowded it was just right. We woke up at 6:00 am to get to Aquatica by 7 the park opened @ 9 but we were allowed in an hour early some special we received when we bought our tickets online...lol Anyhow the new park is so popular that the gates close by 10 because they have met capacity, is that insane or what? Cant wait we are going to be going to Busch Gardens next weekend this summer is going to be jam packed with fun things for us to do all together before my baby girl goes away to college...