Monterey Bay Aquarium

Walking to the aquarium

 The aquarium was beautiful with incredible sights, great hands on exhibits and a hefty price tag.  It was well worth spending our entire day inside.  It was also the most difficult part of our trip.  The girls were worn out by this point of our trip and the aquarium was a little too restraining after a week spent outdoors.  They loved the fish but they wanted to run, run, run.  I can't complain too much though, they were so good for the vast majority of the trip.  They rode in the car like angels, slept relatively well in five different locations and hiked all over the coast of California.  I was relieved and happy that they did so great on the trip.

 The aquarist handed a sea star to New Fish.  New Fish looked at her and said: "Sea stars are invertebrates."  The look on the aquarist's face was hysterical.  New Fish has no idea what invertebrate means.  She must be listening to Red Fish.

There was a jelly fish experience exhibit with black lights and psychedelic music.  New Fish took it upon herself to show everyone how to "dance like a jelly fish."