Paddle boats, Speed boats, and Air boats

This is my last post of Florida so rest assure, you will not have to read much more! We went to St. Petersburg, a two hour drive, in order to enjoy some more activities provided by our Go Card. One was a paddle boat dinner cruise. On board, they have a nice array of dinners to choose from and live entertainment. I think Jared and I were more entertainment than the singers. They had a dance area and no one was even thinking of using it. Finally, I told Jared that we got to get up there. Well, we started to really cut up the rug and finally other couples were joining in, including Dad and mom. Dad said he wouldn't go up, he didn't know how to dance, but I finally got him to take me up and then Jared and mom joined us. Dad dances very very well! By the end of the night, practically the whole boat of people were doing a line dance with Jared and me as their guides.They have draw bridges all along the way and apparently boats have the right of way because immediately a horn would blow and the bridge would start rising. It was very cool to see! It takes a good ten minutes or so to rise and get us through so traffic has to wait maybe 20 minutes or so. I bet in the summer time, people try to find other ways around the bridges to get to their destinations. This was a really pretty shot of the sunset, good job mom!

Mom and Dad on the paddle boat.
Jared and me, just hanging out. One of the things that we did to entertain ourselves while eating dinner was make a few bets on things. One bet was to see how many tattoos our waiter had. He had a very piratey voice and a diamond stud in his ear. Jared guessed 4, mom 1, dad 2, and me 0. I won, hehehe! We also bet how many the bar tender girl had. She looked very nice and put together but to me she had a little wild side. I guessed at least 2, mom 1, and Jared and dad said she had none. Well, she had 7, I win again.

Another ride we went on was the Dolphin Speed Racer. It was a big yellow boat and we went out into the Gulf of Mexico and the boat would slow down and create this big wake behind it. Well, the dolphins would jump through the wake. It was pretty cool!
The air boat ride was pretty cool. You get in a very shallow boat that just skims the water. You drive through a sort of wetland swamp area and they show you the wildlife. Mainly birds were all we saw but we did catch a glimpse of a few alligators.

Mom and Dad. What's better than a loud romantic boat ride with your mate and a mug in the swamp?

How about a loud romantic boat ride with your mate, your mug, and your children in the swamp!
This was while we were waiting for our Air boat to leave. They had this huge plastic alligator in the store. Jared and I immediately went into Steve Erwin mode and wrestled the croc. Said with an Australian accent, "Look at the size of those teeth!"