Hope

While we were at the Clearwater Aquarium, we watched the trainers working with Hope (the dolphin calf). This little calf lost her mom and brother last Christmas, and now she is being taken well care of by the volunteers here. After asking all our questions, we went below to get a different view of her. At first, it looked like she was trying to play hide and seek with us, and then she came right up to our window to play. She kept swimming up and down, never taking her eyes off us. It was so cool to be that close! It was really hard to leave, but one of us had to say goodbye. It didn't look like she was tiring of the game, so we gave her a "see ya soon" and off to check out the other animals.