All - I drafted this post a while ago, but never actually posted, so here it is.
D and I went to the Newport Aquarium....a 1 million gallon aquarium. It was pretty cool, but all of the little kids crowding the place and yelling "Look there's Nemo!" got really annoying. We will go back sometime during a weekday. When I have kids I am telling them to shove through an make room for mommy and daddy in front of the display, I am tired of backing down so that all of these little kids can hog up the prime viewing area with their parents.
Also, once you see the penguins, beware....if you want to see anything else again, you need to turn around and see it, otherwise you will be guided to through to the end of the exhibits and dumped off in a gift shop and not allowed to re-enter. Otherwise it was cool , they have one of the only Shark Rays on display in the world and these cool tunnels of water and divers get in and that really gives you some perspective of the size of the tank and the creatures within. Also, I couldn't get a pic, but they had bioluminesscent fish their (they have a bacteria in their eyes that glow a blue color.)
Abover were otters. They were cute and had wee babies.
