Silversprite

With IL2008 over, and it being good to have the first presentation of this trip done, this morning I hit the world-famous aquarium in Monterey with a couple of other delegates. I’d heard a lot about this place, to the extent I was getting a bit fed up with it, but as I have most of a day before my train to Seattle it seems a logical place to check out.

 

The admission fee isn’t cheap – $24.95 – which is blimey UK prices. But, after a few hours of wandering around, looking at the substantial collection of sea thingies, stroking a blue ray, and watching sharks, otters and fish being fed, it’s been a pretty enjoyable time.  

There’s also an otter tank with feeding times, but as I have otters at the bottom of my garden back home, it was no big thing:

It was noticeable in the cafe/restaurant that people generally avoided the “Sustainable Seafood” option and went for beef or chicken instead…

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