Something's fishy in South Beach....

On Tuesday we went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium where Colleen used to work.

It is a fun aquarium with lots of fun exhibits, including this tank that allows you to crawl inside of it. Sequoia thought it was pretty cool.

It was quite funny watching her looking at the fish in the tank and the people outside of the tank.

I was understandably relieved that they did not allow Sequoia inside the king crab tank ... they acted like they thought she looked pretty tasty.

Sequoia enjoyed traveling around the aviary on my shoulders. She also got a private showing of the birds getting fed by our friends Todd and Lissy. It is amazing watching the birds flying underwater after their food.

Here is our friend Lissy who along with her husband Kevin have a 6 month old son named Lydon. Lydon is also named after a tree ... an African tree that is a symbol of hope...I think.

Our favorite part of the aquarium are the Passages of the Deep tunnels where Colleen used to work, taking care of her 7-gill sharks.

Here is daddy and Sequoia at the entrance to the Open Sea tunnel that was Colleen's office for 5 years.

Sequoia enjoyed sitting in the tunnel watching the fish, rays and sharks swimming by. The little dots that look like stars are small anchovies.

Here are a pair of Colleen's sweet hearts - her 7-gills.

She wanted to go diving in mommy's tank so we went in search of some appropriate dive gear for her. This particular helmet was one or two sizes too big.

Hopefully this is an image that will never come true ... although Colleen thinks it would be pretty neat to see. She is a little warped sometimes.

After our visit to the aquarium we went out to a late lunch at the Rogue Brewery with our good friends Todd and Stacy. It was great catching up with them. We also really enjoyed getting to go to the brewery again.
After lunch we drove up to Portland so that we could catch our flight home the next day.