What a way to spend a vacation!

I know that I said I would post something about my weekend out of town with Scooter. We drove down the coast to a small town that's very lovely. He wanted to visit the aquarium there, so we got two-day passes for the price of one day through the hotel we stayed at. Between the aquarium, the vast array of restaurants specializing in seafood, all the local shops full of souvenirs and curious items, there was a lot to see and do. Two nights was not nearly enough! Here's a few highlights from the aquarium, the restaurant where we had dinner, and the trip.

This was the view from the balcony of our room at the hotel. The weather was perfect the whole weekend.



One of the creatures featured in the jellyfish exhibit at the aquarium





a sea anemone



We caught the feeding time at this tank of kelp forest fish.



I love the exquisite colors of tropical fish!



It was a vacation, and yet we were up early enough to see the sun rise! So much for sleeping in.



This is where we celebrated Scooter's birthday by having an absolutely incredible meal. Scooter is smart--he got us reservations in time to see the sky darken as the sun set. This entire room was covered by a big glass dome (as you can see in the picture).



Around the outside of the room were green trees, some with twinkle lights that were lit as the sky darkened.

Surprisingly, all of these pictures were taken with the camera from my phone. From what we learned using that for our pictures, we need to invest in a better camera--one that can deal better with movement. We had to delete a lot of the pictures simply because they were too blurred.

We also got a photo album that we're going to fill with pictures from this and future adventures. Scooter and I have the travel bug and look forward to our next trip!