On Tuesday morning we headed to La Jolla to visit the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. We loved this place - lots of good sea creatures plus interesting exhibits on solar power, recycling, etc. We saw the leopard sharks and rays being fed and then caught another feeding demonstration with a guy in a big tank full of all sorts of fish and eels. There was also a "touch tank" outside with sea stars, crabs, urchins, anemones and other sea life you could touch.
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| Great view from the touch tank area |
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| Some type of sea dragon |
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| Leafy sea dragon - freakiest creature I've seen lately! |
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| I nerded out when I saw these BigBelly Solar cans b/c my company makes a product used inside them. |
Sidebar: We watched a video about how seahorses reproduce. The daddy seahorse carries the eggs in a little pouch, and when they're ready to be born he just starts shootin' babies out of his pouch. It is fascinating and has been a topic of discussion ever since!
After eating lunch at the aquarium we headed to the USS Midway Museum, which was one of the things Daddy was the most excited to see. This was the longest-serving Navy aircraft carrier of the 20th century and it was decommissioned in 1992. We did a self-guided tour and also saw a few sections while led by a docent. One of our guides told us that they jokingly call the Midway "a daycare for retired Navy officers."
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| Spencer having a Top Gun moment. |
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| This doll/mannequin thing in the commissary was SO CREEPY |
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| E-2 Hawkeye pilots ready for takeoff |
Even though we enjoyed both of our activities this day, in hindsight there was a little too much walking/looking and not enough doing to keep Spencer really engaged. We were all exhausted at the end of the day and I think we ate cereal at the house and called it a night!
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