Homework

It's been awhile since I helped my kids with their homework, but the boy has a project coming up for his Marine Science class and he needed some information and photos on life in the kelp forest, so I went with him to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. It's a much smaller version of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. If you're not plagued by thousands of little kids, like we were today, you can probably see the whole place in an hour and have time left over. At nearly $24 to get in, it's an expensive hour.

Here are a few photos:

The life-sized Blue Whale greets you as you enter.

This guy was making a real bass of himself.

We ran into the owner of a famous seafood restaurant chain.

My wife's worst nightmare - eels.

With the Kentucky Derby this weekend I had to get a horse shot.

Lots of jelly but no peanut butter.

Crab legs.

The multicultural Nemo tank.

The white plant is actually a Leafy Sea Dragon.