Spring Training Trip - Day 55

We decided to go over to Clearwater Beach today to visit the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.  It is small but its claim to fame is that it was the location for the filming of a recent movie called Dolphin Tale. The movie is based on a true story about a dolphin that lost its tail after being caught in a crab trap.  The aquarium nursed the dolphin back to health; it is now at the aquarium with an artificial tail that was developed by the Hanger Company, a maker of artificial limbs.

Virtually everything at the aquarium is based on filming of the movie.  There are not too many other aquarium attractions other than a few fish, an otter, two turtles, some rays, and one or two sharks.  Despite its limitations, it is a popular tourist attraction and was very well attended by a lot of families with small children while we were there.  There was also a dolphin show and a ray feeding and presentation.  There is also an aquarium annex in Clearwater at the east end of the causeway connecting Clearwater Beach with the mainland.  They had a free shuttle between the two locations, but we decided not to go to the other location.

                                                                            

After the aquarium, we went to lunch at Frenchy’s Rockway Grill at the beach.  We had an excellent lunch again and returned to the RV by mid-afternoon.  Judy did another load of laundry and Pat worked on the computer trying to solve a technical problem with a photo processing program (still not resolved).  Dinner was steaks cooked out on the grill with macaroni salad and sautéed snow peas with mushrooms.


Day 55 Pictures