Monterey Bay Aquarium

It was time to visit the the Monterey's Bay Aquarium...

One of the country's best aquarium  ...I love the sea kelp forest tank...

When my children were little and the Squirrel Hunter played full time on the TOUR...we would visit every aquarium, museum and zoo across this great nation of ours.

Now that my babies are grown and I have new interests...like antique shopping...

I don't visit these places very often...

I have learn the secrets of enjoying a quiet day in these special places...

Go in the late afternoon...when all the school children have gone home...

I can enjoy all of God's creations in quiet solitude...

Watching the sea anemones...

I didn't know there were so many kinds of sea horses...

The only animal in the animal kingdom where the male gives birth to its young...I find that very fascinating...

The big river trout was making me hungry...

Nobody was around the otter tank...how nice just to be able to stand and watch their behavior without having to move along for others to see.

My very favorite of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is the large and I mean HUGE tank at the Open Sea Exhibit...you can sit in front of this tank.   It's like having your own window into the deep blue sea...watching the sun fish, schools of blue Pacific Tuna & sardines, a sea turtle, California Barracuda go by.  I can sit here for hours just watching life in the ocean.  It's amazing!