I call this my Birthday trip and I loved it, but the kids were really the ones that were the most excited. We went to San Diego to the Birch Aquarium to check out the sea life they had there. They knew that in the afternoon we were going to go whale watching so the entire time we were at the aquarium Nathan was running around shouting, "I'm SO excited!"
You can't tell by this photo, but we had a difficult time getting Cael to stand by the shark tank because he was so nervous they were going to get him.
Beautiful San Diego Coastline
I was informed by Nathan that this is a Pirate Ship and there were indeed pirates on board.
Submarines surrounded by "security sausages."
Submarine in for repairs
Enjoying the view from the upper deck
Lighthouse
At the beginning of our trip these guys were flying above us making us very nervous. The kids loved it and couldn't understand why we wanted them to go away. Once we explained to them why, they thought that was hilarious. We told them it wouldn't be so funny if it landed on them:)
School of Dolpins
These photos are a bit misleading. We did see several dolphins and whales, but we were not this close. We had a zoom lens on the camera to get some good photos.
Our first whale sighting. We were informed to look for the shooting water.
A breach whale in the distance. They told us that this was a treat because they did not often see the whales get up out of the water like this.
Whales fluke or tail fin. They explained that when you see the whales fluke it means they are diving down to the bottom to feed for a few minutes. We would wait about 3-5 minutes to see them come back up again.
Our last sighting of sea creatures before going in to shore.
This was a fun day and very much worth the time and money. I would recommend it to anyone who likes to do new things and enjoys sea life!
1 comment:
How fun! We want to go! We are so excited to go the next time we visit in the winter! What a fun adventure...the kids keep looking at the pictures over and over.
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