We went down to Pier 39 Saturday evening and had a good time wandering around and getting dinner at Bubba Gumps.
Sea Lions
The Sea Lions have made these docks home base since 1989 - at one time you could see hundreds of them bathing in the sun, barking at each other, and dipping into the water to cool off! The numbers are way down now, it is speculated that most of the sea lions they have moved to a new location, possibly on the the Oregon Coast.
Aquarium by the Bay
A small aquarium right on Pier 39
When they didn't advance into the finals (and more games on Monday) we decided to drive down to Monterey and visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium! This is one of my favorites places to go ... and Sam couldn't remember it. So it was fun to see how excited he was to see all the fish, sharks, and other marine creatures!
Feeding Squid to the Bat Rays
The Jellyfish exhibit
A Hammerhead Shark in the Deep Sea exhibit
Sea Otters in the bay
(the larger clumps are little groups of otters laying on their backs)
A spotted Sea Lion
Amazing!
You could spend days and days seeing everything at the aquarium, so we will have to go back soon.
Of course a trip to Monterey isn't complete without a stop here ...
Yum!!
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