1. The Monterey Bay Aquarium
2. Jack's Peak - quick hike
On St. Patrick's day we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The kids were very excited and so were we. I was a little surprised at how expensive it was though... $29 for adults and $17 for kids 3 and under... They asked how old our kids were and Chris said 5 and 3... but there was no charge for David which was kind. Anyway, getting past the price of admission, we spent the whole day at the Aquarium and the kids certainly got their money's worth. They loved the big tanks of fish and the special feeding shows where the scuba diver got in to feed them. Emily and David picked out a front and center viewing spot and enjoyed the presentations. The kids really liked all the hands on exhibits... maybe even more so than the "real" animals to look at. The highlights for them were the sting rays and sharks in the big tank... they both got a kick out of the hammer head shark. They called it the silly head shark... The jelly fish tanks were awesome as I remembered from our last trip and the sea otters made quite an impression because they got to see them playing with various toys... looked like they were having fun. The aquarium also did a good job on the kid's play areas. There was an awesome tunnel to crawl through with little tanks inside... I'll post a picture of that. David loved it! There was a play structure and even a toddler area. Emily did not want to leave. She can read now and spent a lot of time actually reading the exhibits to herself. She is such a big girl now. Chris really wanted to make it to Jack's Peak before closing so we left the Aquarium around 5:00.
Here is David in the kid's tunnel checking out the little tanks.
Mommy and Daughter on the half-shell?
We made it up to Jack's peak about 45min before park closing. There was a quarter mile hike we figured we had time to do. Emily still had plenty of energy but David had been snoozing in the car. Chris carried him up the trail so it was a good work-out for him! We would like to come back here and do some more on another trip.
Jack's Peak picnic area at the end of our short hike. Very pretty!
Post more later!
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