A day of mishaps

I know Haylee's been keeping you updated with short blog posts but I wanted to tell you a bit more about what we've been up to lately.

Yesterday we left for Sea World at about 8.30am. We spent the whole day there? But apart from a few rides and animal shows, there wasn't much to do. We had booked dinner with Shamu at 6pm, so we had to keep ourselves occupied until then. We watched Jordan interact with dolphins, while Emi actually got to get in the water with them! We watched the dolphin show, the whale show, the sea lion show. All of then were pretty awesome. The dolphin show was the one were we all sat front row and got absolutely DRENCHED! The whale show started Shamu and talked about conservation and protecting the planet.
After each show, we'd split up into groups with a walkie talkie between us and go on rides. Most of the girls loved the Atlantis ride, which was a rollercoaster with a big drop and waterfall to boot. You sat in a boat and got absolutely saturated. Of course, yesterday was freezing and spitting rain so Sea World made a motzah out of us buying ponchos. I personally was not willing to risk going on a water ride in the cold, and combined with the huge drop, it's safe to say the Atlantis was well avoided by yours truly.

After dinner with Shamu (who turned out to be a lookalike whale called Quirky) we went to watch the Shamu Rocks show. By this time it was dark, so everything was lit up and neon. It was more of a stage show than the whale show we saw earlier in the day. Of course given our experience in the front row at the dolphin show, we sat a bit further back so we didn't get wet. Zachary sat on my lap and fell asleep by the end of the show. By the time we all got out of the park, we were pretty tired and wanting to get back to our hotel but all the buses were gone. Fiona ended up basically bribing a hotel bus driver to take us back in 2 lots!

So Haylee's already told you about the whole drama with the car today. After leaving the hotel at 8.30am (we were supposed to pick the car up at 9am) we walked 5 minutes down the road to the transit station (we went there as a group to get to Sea World last night, so we knew the way). From there we caught a bus to the airport and then we waited for the car rental company's shuttle bus to pick us up and take us to the rental counter. Once we got there, everything seemed to be going well until he asked us if anyone over 21 was accompanying us to sign for the car with us. Of course it was just the 3 of us so we left feeling a bit bereft but decided it wasn't going to ruin our day. We toured around San Diego (even though the majority of shops were shut) and saw a side of San Diego no one else in our group probably saw.