Who turned out the lights? This party isn't over.
Sorry everyone. I keep promising we'll get through this one of these days. If you've been reading Ponzi's TR, you know we were on vacation in Cancun. Lady H landed up hospitalized from this trip. Then I was out hunting. Nope, my friend Bambi lives to tell the tale. At least I think.
Now Lady H and I are hoping, and praying, that we get to keep our jobs. Being we work for an elected official, we have a new person coming in this year. The current person has already served 2 terms and isn't allowed to run for a 3rd.
The new person has been cleaning house and we're hoping we're more the adorable bunnies he wants to keep around, and not a dust bunny that needs to be cleaned up and thrown out. So far, we're safe. Pray that it stays that way.
Anyways. Over on Ponzi's TR, I said I would post some pictures of Lady H's accident. No, they're not gruesome (leave them alone Ponzi). They actually show how much fun we were having.
If you've been keeping up with Ponzi's TR, some of you know what happened to Lady H over there. Some of you who follow her on Facebook know; for all the others here's a quick explanation of what happened.
Lady H and I went to Cancun for vacation this year. During vacation, we booked a dolphin swim. During the swim, we were also given the option of being pulled by the dolphins (Dorsal Pull), or being pushed by dolphins (Foot Push). Both Lady H and I did the foot push. During the foot push Lady H inhaled some water into her lungs at the end of her foot push. She had trouble catching her breath almost immediately afterwards. The trainers helped her out and she was fine for the rest of vacation. Little did we know it would come back to haunt her when we got back home. The day we were returning home, Lady H developed a cough. Since we all had a slight cough, we thought maybe it was because we were used to the humidity and coming back to a dry climate was making us cough. Lady H's cough was a little more persistent than the rest of ours though. We got home late, went to bed and early that morning, Lady H had trouble catching her breath again. Just like right after the dolphin swim, but only much worse this time. I called the ambulance for her, they took her to the ER, she was diagnosed with pneumonia and hospitalized for about 2 1/2 days. Even though it's sad that this had to happen, we are thankful it happened when we returned home and not while we were still in Cancun.
Since I last reported on Ponzi's TR, Lady H is doing much better. I do believe all her strength has returned and she's ready to go back to Cancun.
But most of you already knew that. So now on with the pictures.
Here's a group photo we took before our swim. There's Lady H, myself and our friends F & C. I don't know if they mind us posting their real names so for now I'll just use their first initial.
https://flic.kr/p/pVLdUW
Next 2 pictures are Lady H and I in the water with the dolphins. The dolphins would swim by and we would get to touch them as they swam by.
https://flic.kr/p/qd9Y6t
https://flic.kr/p/pVMcpG
After being in the water, we would stand in a more shallow area and pose for some pictures.
Here are some of mine.
https://flic.kr/p/pVUkQ2
https://flic.kr/p/pVUiFn
And now Lady H.
https://flic.kr/p/pVMFxL
https://flic.kr/p/pVU4vR
Now during our swim, we got to work with 2 dolphins. While one would pose for pictures in the shallow water, another would pose with another person in the actual pool itself. Once you finished posing with the dolphin in the pool, you would have to swim out to get ready for the foot push or dorsal pull. This helped to make the process go faster since we only had about an hour to an hour and a half with the dolphins.
Just thought I would explain that real quick so you can understand how we took pictures which leads me to the next pictures I'm going to show you.
This is me in the pool with the dolphins now.
https://flic.kr/p/pgjXsC
https://flic.kr/p/pgmrph
So once I finished taking these pictures, I had to swim to the corner of the pool. While I was doing that, Lady H was taking the pictures I just showed you of her.
Here's Lady H in the pool now.
https://flic.kr/p/pVLsVm
https://flic.kr/p/pgm79d
Now over on Ponzi's TR, I tried explaining the difference between the dorsal pull and the foot push. I posted some pictures I found off the internet, but now I have pictures of our adventure I can post. They're pretty self explanatory, but I'll do it again here.
Dorsal pull. The 2 dolphins will swim by you (one on each side of you) and as they pass you, you grab on to their dorsal fins and they pull you. Just like F & C are doing in these pics.
C
https://flic.kr/p/qdfZKj
F
https://flic.kr/p/qb3pAY
Foot Push: Here you are required to float on the water with both your legs and feet spread apart. Almost like doing the dead man's float except you gotta make sure to keep your feet perpendicular to your legs. Once you are in position, the dolphins will swim up from behind, put their nose in the arch of your feet and push you.
Just like I'm doing here.
https://flic.kr/p/pVMMvN
As you can see the outward waves get bigger the faster the dolphins start to push you.
https://flic.kr/p/pgmosf
Now it's Lady H's turn.
Lady H in the ready position as she starts off.
https://flic.kr/p/qdkm3P
Dolphins have picked up the speed. Notice how she screaming from excitement.
https://flic.kr/p/pgzwRc
This was the photo taken when the dolphins retreated and Lady H was about to enter the water. Right as she hit the water is when she inhaled the water.
https://flic.kr/p/pVTPVe
As I said, not gruesome. We had a blast. The video shows it a little more than what the pictures do. That I can't post unfortunately. You can see how it's almost just an abrupt stop and a second or 2 later, splash, you're in the water. Would've been nice to know when the dolphins would actually stop pushing you so we could better prepare ourselves. We'll know for next time.
Like I said, she is doing much better now. When I asked her if she would do it again, she said most definitely. This time she'll make sure to keep her mouth closed.
I have been MIA from a lot of threads, sadly. Just can't keep up.
to the TR!
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