California Day 6 - Tide Pools & Baseball

This day took us in search of tide pools! I thought the kids would enjoy looking at the marine animals in their natural setting. Joel did some searching and found that the coast in San Pedro next to Cabrillo Marine Aquarium was a good spot. So that's where we headed!


Turns out the aquarium staff lead walks out into the protected tide pool area - they begin with a slideshow in the auditorium where they introduce you to the animals you might see, and advise how to safely touch them (safe for the animal and us!). Then we walked out to the shore...


There was a large group of people while we were there, but it was fun! This nice girl showed Carter a couple things she found, first a tiny crab...


And also a sea urchin carcass.


I thought this was pretty...


The anemones were amazing!


This was an animal we had never heard of - a sea hare!! It looked like a gigantic snail and was really slimy to touch, just as you'd guess!


After about an hour of tide pool discoveries, we headed back to the aquarium, where we met back up with Grandma & Grandpa. The aquarium was nice - nothing fancy like the one we had gone to a few days before, but it was free! And really great and educational for kids. One really cool tank was this one - the BIGGEST sea stars we had ever seen!!


There was a touch tank at the aquarium too, so Carter got to poke more sealife...


And just a few more random shots from the aquarium grounds...


My favorite one - my little grunions. hee hee


After the aquarium we grabbed some lunch and then headed back to the hotel room, where Courtney took her first and only good nap during this trip - in an actual bed for a couple solid hours, yay! I hung out with her while Daddy and Carter ventured out to Dodger Stadium.


The Dodgers were playing the Tigers, so of course Joel had to go. Grandma & Grandpa joined them for the game, too.


A couple more shots...


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