So today was a pretty chill day. We did not have any companies on the schedule so today was a free day. We decided to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium despite the fact that there was some terrible weather. So as we were heading down to the Aquarium, we were stopped at a red light. Suddenly a big tree branch falls just in front of our van, hitting the car in front of us. When it hit the other car it took out the back window, and really surprised us quite a bit. But, after that the drive was pretty uneventful save for the constant tsunami we were in.
The rain let up enough so that we could get out at the Redwood State Forrest and see some of the old growth Redwoods. These trees were pretty cool, and very impressive. I would highly recommend seeing these trees to anyone who has not. The Redwoods and Sequoias are two of the most awe inspiring things I have ever seen.
After the forrest we headed the rest of the way to the aquarium. We got there, got our tickets and then decided we wanted to go eat first. We all headed back to a nice little Thai restaurant, I had Pad Thai (sp?) like always, and it was amazing, like always.
Once we got into the aquarium and actually started looking around it was pretty cool. We got back just in time to watch a penguin feeding, which was pretty cool. The workers just walked into the exhibit with a big bucket of fish and started feeding the penguins. The penguins were not scared at all, they actually swarmed around the workers, fighting for food. After we watched that for a little bit we started to wander. We found our way to the jelly fish exhibit. This was the coolest exhibit in the whole place if you ask me. They had a bunch of different kinds of jelly fish, and had some really interesting different kinds. The rest of the aquarium was okay, the otters were cool because they were so active. I really didn't get to spend a lot of time anywhere else because I stayed in the jelly fish area for so long. The one thing that I really didn't like about the aquarium was the huge political agenda. That is not the function of the aquarium, it is not a political outlet, and should not be spewing politics all over the visitors. It is there to educate and show what we might not be able to see for whatever reasons. Politics have no place in museums, zoos, aquariums, anything like that.
After the aquarium we headed back to the hotel. It was a long drive and most people slept on the way back. I read my book, The Accidental Billionaires, about the founders of Facebook. We were all pretty hungry by the time that we got back, and we decided on pizza. We walked down a few blocks and went a place called Applewood Pizza, or something like that. We just hung out here, had some really good pizza (best crust like ever) and just talked. Once we left the pizza joint, we were all pretty exhausted and had a real day coming up, so we basically all came back and blogged / slept.
Thanks for reading,
Aaron
P.S. The internet here is not cooperating with me, so I will make a pure pictures post here when I can get it to work.
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