What a great trip.

We had a blast at the Monterey Bay Aquarium! We stayed at a lodge up in Carmel Valley that was great too. We spent the majority of our time there at the pool! So, I’m a little pink right now. Anyway, here are a few pics of the boys at the aquarium.

It’s a little hard to see but that’s a shark right next to Obadiah. He really liked the sharks!! We went to the Manta Ray swim tank, where you can try to touch the Rays. We had Obadiah hanging over the edge to try and touch one, then when one got close he kind of freaked out and backed off. Right as he was backing away this Manta Ray poked it's head right up our of the water and looked right at Obadiah!!! It was so cool.

My favorite part was definitely the Jellyfish. They really look like the picture in my previous post, where they kind of glow that cool orange color. Those ones are HUGE too!! The main body part of them is about the size of a soccer ball. There were even these tiny little ones that looked like they had an internal light system. The lights around the edges of their bodies flashed all kinds of different colors. They kind of looked like the aliens from that movie “The Abyss”.

On the way back up to Santa Rosa we went through San Francisco, or as Northern Californians call it; “The City”. It was a pretty clear day, just a little fog. Plus you’ve got to go across the Golden Gate Bridge every chance you get!!