Less wind today. Abundant sunshine. A few degrees cooler, and maybe less humid. About the only thing that would make this day even better: some dolphins.
Heading out on the boat, the water is much calmer than yesterday...
Our first view of dolphins before we got to the turning basin...
We stayed in this area for a half hour or so, watching the dolphin activity...
Some fishermen on this boat went close by the dolphins, but they slowed down - one in a row...
Yes, that is our island in the background - we hadn't gone far.
We decided to head for the ship channel to take a look around. Wearing my new HUK shirt...
Joan said, "They must have done some 'spring cleaning' - that shrimper is looking good!"
Look to the front of the boat - a dolphin bow surfing...
We found a bunch of dolphins in this area...
Yes, they came up to our boat...
These guys didn't slow down, but they didn't run right over the top of them...
Another shrimper that has been "spiffed up"...
Back to the dolphins...
That is South Padre Island in the background...
A full breach! Um... all I got was the splash...
But, we both saw it.
They ran along with us as we made our way back towards home...
I was surprised that there weren't more boats out there today. We really didn't see any other boats besides those fishermen and the shrimpboats. All this time with the dolphins, and not another boat around. Time to wave good-bye to them...
Back around the island, and into the canal, heading for home.
Nice day. Easy running. We've been out about 4 1/2 hours between yesterday and today, and only used 2 gallons of gas. Pretty inexpensive entertainment.
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