27 September, 2009

Monterey - September 2009

Sam was home from the East Coast for a visit so he, Keith and I escaped the valley for a day to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium! We had such a great time! These are some of the pics we took on our trip:





On our way to Monterey, we stopped at Casa De Fruita...which was Casa De (wait for it) Awesome!





It was Casa De Fun! They have so much stuff to stop for here when you are on a road trip! Like Casa De Restrooms, Casa De Coffee (to keep Sam awake because he was Casa De Sleepy), Casa De White Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears (hands down a must NOT try), Casa De Ice Cream, Casa De Lip Balm and Casa De Fruity Penguins (lol). But even though there was so much here we had to Casa De Leave to get on to our intended destination. We continued to "Casa De" everything for the rest of the day. But I will Spare you the rest of them.
When we made it to the aquarium, we saw the otters, kelp forest and other exhibits but we when we made it to the Penguins, we had to stop so we could see them being fed.
While we were waiting for the show to begin, the boys challenged each other's penguin knowledge and as it turns out they are both penguin wizards!

We had so much fun watching the show! There were all kinds of penguin facts and Sam discovered his calling as a future penguin expert.



Clearly, the penguins were shy.




Sam and I couldn't resist having our pics taking in the penguin egg!
Next we played with the stingrays, which is my favorite exhibit in the aquarium!
I love them sooooo much that this time I got a stingray stuffed animal!



We saw some really awesome things and had such a great day! I can't wait to go again!!!