Sea World 2010

The first video from Sea World is Joseph's narration of the Penguin Encounter. It's quite refreshing to hear his perspective on things.



The next video is very short and is of the Beluga Whales.


The next ones are various photos from Sea World (including Shamu.)

I've  had this post in draft for a while.  I was waiting until I had all the videos put together.  Sea World was pretty fun.  We went on Atlantis 3 times.  I went on the other water ride once, but Joseph went on it twice.  They have this high tech dryers that will help dry you off for $5.  I did not use them, but another couple was done and told Joseph he could go in and use the rest of their time.  We watched a couple shows (Shamu; Sesame Street; and Seal, Sea Lion, Otter.)   I took photos of the fish in the aquarium there but did not compile them into a video.  

Birds, Sea Lions and the Ocean

Here are some photos Joseph took from the boat of the animals we saw.  I took maybe one or two, but Joseph took the majority of them.  I forgot to mention that we also saw the movie Oceans while on our trip.  Based on the ear flaps the animals are either sea lions or fur seals.

Trawling on the Ocean Odyssey

After breakfast, we went to the pier to take a ride on the Ocean Odyssey.  After a quick safety demonstration we left the pier and headed out into the Pacific Ocean.  I have never been on a boat in the ocean before. They had the children help set out the net (otter trawl.)  Then a couple minutes later, we all pulled on the rope to bring the net up.  Then the children sat around and learned about some of the animals that were caught.  Duplicate animals were tossed back into the ocean.  Joseph took some great photos of the animals, due to the release form, I can only post the photos without other children in them, so enjoy the video below.

The Otter Trawl

**ps stay tuned for what else we saw on the boat in the next blog....

Breakfast at Sharkey's

As part of the Oceanography trip we ate breakfast and dinner on Tuesday at Sharkey's.  It's a bait, tackle, kayak rental and food place on the pier.  The breakfast was continental style with eggs, bacon, pancakes and muffins, etc.  It was really good.  While on the pier, Joseph took pictures of the various birds he saw, fish that people on the pier had caught, animals in the tanks, and many other things.  I put together a little video of his photos, but since I don't have a photo release, I can't publish them as they have other people in them.  So please leave a comment and I can email you the video.