Day two started with a trip to the aquarium
It was a pretty neat experience. They had educational shows, divers in the large tanks, and a special seahorse exhibit.
One of the touch tanks was petting a sting ray. Here I am petting one. It felt soft and not at all like I thought it would. Katlin and Connor both petted it but Dan was a chicken. Said he didn't want to die like the crocodile hunter.
They also had other animals including a couple of sea otters that were fascinating to watch. One sat and sunned himself the other would swim from one end of the tank to the other continuously.
Another one of the exhibits was Bogey a bald eagle so named because he was found on a golf course with a broken wing.
This was one of their larger tanks. It almost looks like they are inside. If you look carefully you can see the divers behind them.
Next we went down to the pier to be ready for our wave to the folks back home. They had a web cam mounted on the building behind the boat. I had told everyone back home the web site and said we would be there at 3:00 to wave to them. Several people from home watched us but the funny thing was the people walking up thought we were waving at them and would wave back.
Katlin and Connor wanted to play in the Lake for a while and we tried to get a picture of both of them at the same time but it was really hard because the water was so cold they couldn't stay in for very long. Finally did get this picture of the two of them but you can tell they are cold.
We walked around the shops for a while before heading back to the hotel to get ready for the Pizza train. Here Connor was trying to help out a moose.
It was a pretty neat experience. They had educational shows, divers in the large tanks, and a special seahorse exhibit.
One of the touch tanks was petting a sting ray. Here I am petting one. It felt soft and not at all like I thought it would. Katlin and Connor both petted it but Dan was a chicken. Said he didn't want to die like the crocodile hunter.
They also had other animals including a couple of sea otters that were fascinating to watch. One sat and sunned himself the other would swim from one end of the tank to the other continuously.
For me the neatest things to see were the seahorses. I never knew there were so many different kinds, sizes or colors. These were the cutest. At first we thought they were pregnant but they are pot bellied seahorses. Be sure to click on the picture so you can really see them.
Another one of the exhibits was Bogey a bald eagle so named because he was found on a golf course with a broken wing.
This was one of their larger tanks. It almost looks like they are inside. If you look carefully you can see the divers behind them.
After lunch at Hell's Kitchen (not of TV fame) we rented a surrey bike for an hour. I have never laughed so hard. Poor Dan he was pulling all our weight. I couldn't pedal much because of my bad knee and Connor ,bless his heart, his legs were too short to reach the pedals but he kept trying. He finally said he was getting chafed from sliding back and forth on the seat.Katlin was a little nervous about the whole thing but she did her best. Dan finally got so tired he made us pedal back through traffic so we could get back quicker.
We did not get our full hour in.
We did not get our full hour in.
Next we went down to the pier to be ready for our wave to the folks back home. They had a web cam mounted on the building behind the boat. I had told everyone back home the web site and said we would be there at 3:00 to wave to them. Several people from home watched us but the funny thing was the people walking up thought we were waving at them and would wave back.
Katlin and Connor wanted to play in the Lake for a while and we tried to get a picture of both of them at the same time but it was really hard because the water was so cold they couldn't stay in for very long. Finally did get this picture of the two of them but you can tell they are cold.
We walked around the shops for a while before heading back to the hotel to get ready for the Pizza train. Here Connor was trying to help out a moose.
