Stalzer/Obele Family Blog

Returning from Seaworld, we at the rest of the watermelon - That was really refreshing

Ich habe heute meinen neuen Forerunner 305 im Seaworld mit dabei gehabt und unsere GPS Daten den ganzen Tag gelogged. Dies waren die Wege, die wir gegangen sind

Today, we went into the Seaworld park. Helga and the boys have already been in Seaworld a couple days ago when I was in Toronto. Arriving at the park, the efficiency of the parking organisation is remarkable. We arrived with literally hundreds of others however being guided to a parking place was highly efficient.

After entering the park, the first thing we had to do is go to the stingrays. The stingrays are in a basin and they actually enjoy being touched (At least they give the impression. They probably are just looking for food). Next on the list was a visit in the dolphin basin. However, a lot of other people had the same idea. So we continued on to the underwater viewing area and the manatees. The boys are really fascinated from the sea cows.

After leaving the manatees, we found the dolphin show was about to start in a couple minutes. We actually got really nice places in the shade but not too far up. The show was fantastic. The choreography and the integration of birds, people, costumes, music was exceptional. The performers were doing somersaults from about 10m high - Amazing.

Next was a visit in a the aquarium under one of the rides. The aquarium had an ancient touch. The main aquarium were below the glass floor and over the glass ceiling. A little mermaid was projected behind the big aquarium.

Another big aquarium was the shark tank. You go by a moving sidewalk through a tube with sharks swimming around you.

Going to the far end of Seaworld, we visited the Arctic Experience. Entering the building you had a choice of going with an helicopter full motion simulator r just watching the video. We choose to just have a look at the video. In the Arctic Experience, the temperature was just 16 degrees. After touching some “real” arctic ice, loking at polar bears, walrus, caves, etc. we went into the warm (or hot and humid) again.

After crossing the lake, we went to the Pet Ahoy show. It is a show with real animals being “saved” from the animal shelter and taught tricks. A really nice show, as numerous cats, dogs, a pig, birds, etc. were doing their stories, e.g. a dog calling his girlfriend, getting money from an ATM, buying flowers, getting a car picking her up for dinner, etc. The boys really liked the show.

I had my new GPS with me and we walked approx. 7.5 km in the park.

Es ist gerade kurz nach 9 Uhr und meine Zuckerbäcker sind dabei, frische Croissants und Cinnamon Rolls zu backen. Gerade wird mir auch ein frischer Milchkaffee gereicht. Irgendwie könnte ich mich an Urlaub gewöhnen.

Tagesplan ist heute, gemeinsam Seaworld nochmal unsicher zu machen.

Nachdem wir bis heute nachmittag gewartet haben, bis mein neues Spielzeug angekommen ist, muß ich doch gleich mal ein bisschen was darüber schreiben. Ich habe mir einen Garmin Forerunner 305 genehmigt. Dies ist ein GPS, Heartrate Monitor und Uhr in einem. Es merkt sich die Position jede Sekunde und man kann dann die Daten analysieren oder auch z.B. mit Google Earth zusammen exportieren. Hier mal ein Beispiel von einem Testlauf hier um den Block