The red tide was so bad when Mike checked the beach this morning that we decided to head to one of our other non-beach activities. We drove off the island over to Port Isabel to go and visit the Sea Life Center. We basically had the place to ourselves, so the girls got a lot of attention and at closing time, Nadia even got to lead a tortoise back to his pen for the night. It was basically the highlight of the trip for her. The girls also got to hold hermit crabs and a starfish, plus they all fed the tortoise.
We had a really nice time and learned about the animals at the rescue center. The woman who runs it gave our girls a bag of very cool shells when we left which I thought was so sweet.
After the Sea Life Center we went next door for ice cream at this cute little place. We also bought salt water taffy and had a nice chat with the woman who owns the place. She suggested that we go across the street to her friends little shop called “Art Sea Gallery” and it was so cute! Mike bought the girls souvenirs and bought me the neatest stained glass light up sea turtle for my birthday.
We had a lot of fun wandering around Port Isabel taking photos before heading back to the island for dinner.
