Ben was able to dive in the kelp forest. Here's a pic at the aquarium of a kelp forest. It feels like sea-weed and lots of fish live around the forest. Ben said that this is what it looked like as he was diving in the kelp forest.
I took the girls whale watching at Monterey Bay while Ben was diving. In the above pic, Julia and Natalie are excited to see some whales! It was a great day. We saw several humpback whales, dolphins, sea otters, and jellyfish. At the beach, the girls got to hold some starfish and hunt for sea shells. Some how my car now smells like fish?? Not quite sure what happened there. 
Ben is getting ready to enter the cold water. Monterey Bay was a warm 59 degrees last Saturday. Ben is now officially certified as an SSI open water diver. Ben saw lots of cool fish life. The kelp forest plays host to sea otters, starfish, crabs, and lots of other cool fish yet to be identified.... :)
Natalie was chosen to be in a little Sea Otter game show at Monterey Bay Aquarium. She won a CFL light-bulb! Wow..... She was thrilled. Then she asked, "Why do they give away light bulbs as prizes? How does a light bulb save a sea otter???"She did learn that all storm drains lead to the ocean.... Washing your car in your driveway apparently can kill sea otters. . . . The swim team just had a car wash fundraiser. Natalie asked me why the stingray swim team would have a car wash that killed sea otters? ? ? I don't have an answer for that one.
Natalie & Julia playing at the beach...
2 comments:
This is so cool Carolyn! Natalie is so funny ahha. The girls are adorable, cant wait to see them!
Thanks Rachel!!! I love to see comments!!! Natalie is soo funny. They both had such a blast.
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