Kayaking with Dolphins

Went out early this morning on the Atlantic from Lewes, DE... kayaking out to where the dolphins feed in the morning. It was amazing. It was overcast so it was much cooler outside than the past few days. When we arrived at the point - there was a pod of dolphins swimming (maybe two). What was very special and not all that common is that they swam along with us as we paddled. Most of the time they were 10-15 yards away, several times they were 10 feet away. Once or twice I thought (although I'm not sure) that I heard them "talking." You could definitely hear them breathing from their air holes. One of them had a large chunk missing from its dorsal fin. We were out a little less than two hours and for the 2nd hour around 7-12 dolphins swam with us as we paddled south. At the end a big rain cloud came over and it poured - so we went in to the beach. Neat to use the waves surfing them onto the beach in Cape Henlopen State Park. All in all - a really fun morning. Not quite as good as scuba diving with dolphins (many years ago in Freeport, Bahamas) but wonderful exercise and great close up dolphin watching.