I've seen "Dolphin Tale" and "Dolphin Tale 2." I always dreamed of getting to go to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and meet Winter and Hope. I didn't think that would happen for a long time, though. As soon as I found out that my uncle was getting married in Clearwater, I told my mom that we had to go.

The first day we were in Clearwater, we went to the aquarium. I was so excited that my dream was finally coming true! The first thing we did was check out the animal hospital section of the aquarium. Then we went upstairs to see Winter and Hope. To the left, there were fish and a few nurse sharks. Above them was Ricky, the pelican that stared as Rufus in the movies.

To the right were the pools that Winter and Hope were in. My eyes lit up when I saw them and I stood and watched them for a long time. They are so beautiful!

We spent some time looking around the rest of the aquarium, but we spent most of the time watching the dolphins. We discovered that there was a hallway with windows looking into the pools, so we went and watched from there (it was much less crowded).

I stared in awe at the beautiful creatures before me. They were so funny to watch as they played with the trainers. That was when I knew that I wanted to spend my life working with animals like them.