This morning the gang all loaded up and we headed to Ripley's Aquarium at Broadway at the Beach. Pirannah's, eels, Dori's, Nemo's, and sharks entertained everyone. The kids got the chance to touch and lift horseshoe crabs and pet small sharks! Of course.....hand sanitizer was near by!! As we entered the aquarium tubes we were quite impressed by the sharks that moved overhead. You could actually view their rows of teeth! When we exited we made our way out sting rays and eventually got to the part where we could pet them.
The aquarium is the perfect size but wouldn't be complete without a gift shop!! That was the last part where the kids got some stuffed sharks, snake (aka whip!), candy, and shark teeth!
After a quick stop at McDonalds we headed back to the surf! It was another awesome beach day where we spent some time building a new 'racing' ball ramp with tunnel! With small nets in hand the gang started hunting more shells and sea life. While rinsing off, Steve and I saw a small sting ray but it quickly moved out to sea. The water was so warm and clear.
With a nice ocean breeze blowing, it was looking like prime time for kite flying. Jake, Matty, and I set it up and got it going about 12 stories high. It looked great and stayed up for the remainder of the afternoon until we headed up to get cleaned up. Tonight's dinner was spent at the View Cafe located in the hotel lobby. The dinner was perfect and the view was really beautiful. While the adults finished up the kids all poured into the game room where we won about 6 super balls and got the crane to not grab anything!
After dinner, Stephen, Jillian, Jake, Kayla, Matty and I grabbed our flashlights and headed down to the beach and had a fun beach walk past the pier. Kayla got a little scared as water appeared on both sides of us and we realized it was time to turn around. On our way back we found a crab who had a fond affection for Steve's toes!!
Another beach day came to a close as I am sure we headed off to bed.
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