dolphin watching

[El Pollo Guerrera]

yeesh. i guess she didn't read the fine print that says there is no guarantee the animals will show their faces

or just tell her...
"ma'am, the dolphins called the office and said ACK ACK ACK E-E-E EE-E-E EE EEEEE ACK ACK ACKACKACK ACK-ACK!"

Edited for (slightly more) linguistic accuracy.

[AccountingDrone]

if she wants to dependably see dolphins, she needs to go to an aquarium ...

I went on a short whale watching cruise about 9 years ago, the weather was absolutely perfect, the seas were calm ... but no whales. We saw dolphins, skate, all sorts of birds but no whales.

We had an absolute blast, and nobody was upset that the whales didn't show up, we had lots of fun anyway. I suppose that is what happens when you go on a whale watch with aquarium professionals ... who *understand* that they will show up if they want to and we can't control it!

Of course the open bar and munchies helped =) [it was a fund raiser function for a local aquarium, it was a bunch of the marine biologists and about 15 people who bought seats at a fund raising auction. Very posh=)]

[Dreamstalker]

People who LIVE in a tourist town, seldom bother with all the major attractions and other tourist-y stuff, explicity so we can avoid folks like dave had to deal with in the initial post.

We rarely do the touristy stuff when traveling unless it's something really cool (Grand Canyon, Winchester Mystery House, Carlsbad, etc). But we're the increasingly rare polite breed of tourists. If something goes wrong (weather, timing, etc) big deal, it's not happening, we'll find something else to do.