Virginia Breeze

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In terms of a photo that shows a dolphin’s features I guess this would be the best shot I was able to get this week. It’s not the best photo of a dolphin but that’s a different thing.
I believe this may be a mother dolphin with her child next to her. She stays with her child for about six years so it’s a very close relationship. The father is nowhere to be found.
We will be heading back to Richmond tomorrow. But we have had a very relaxing week. I hope everyone has a nice vacation this summer. And don’t forget Virginia Beach when you are choosing a vacation destination.
Where do you plan to go on your vacation? Or where have you been?

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Our children Spinner and Marty wanted to go sightseeing. So Beth And I took them out this morning. We started here on one end of the Virginia Beach boardwalk and walked down to the other end. It’s about a 2.5 mile walk and they had a great time. We also had fun photographing them as they enjoyed some of the art and landmarks on the boardwalk. Here are some of the photos. And then you can click on the Slide Show if you want to examine their adventure (with captions!) in further detail.

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A volunteer from the Virginia Aquarium teaches on our dolphin cruise about dolphins.  I learned that they sleep with half their brain and are aware of any approaching danger with the other half.  They really are amazing creatures.  And if a Genie appeared and asked us if anyone would like to become a dolphin my wife would be overboard in just a few seconds.

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Here is what they do at Virginia Beach to combat beach erosion. They suck the sand out of Rudee’s Inlet with a long straw and deposit it on the beach. There it slowly migrates along the beach and (probably) back into Rudee’s Inlet.

“Hi kids. I’m home.”
“Where did you go Dad? You have been gone ten years!”

Oh Sorry. Just listening in on the sands of time having a little conversation. But it seems to work well. I wouldn’t want to be sunbathing near the end of the tube when it starts doing its job. But otherwise we seem to have a nice beach and (hopefully) the next time a really big storm hits the beach will keep the tall buildings from falling over.

Your blogging buddy prays that this will be the case actually.

He’s smiling now. But he won’t be if the beach blower doesn’t perform as expected in the next thirty years.

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Here’s a photo of the other half of the sand management project. If you were having a problem with something stuck in your straw you might want one of these.

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