After visiting the old vessel, we headed over to the incredible Oregon Coast Aquarium. What an amazing family outing! We would highly recommend it. Unfortunately it is pretty costly. We ended up purchasing a year membership for the same price as what our one time admission fee would have been. So at least we can go back later this year if we find ourselves in Newport again!
We enjoyed the aquarium's newest exhibit which is entitled Secrets of Shipwrecks'
This lovely fellow had our girls quite captivated..
The girls really enjoyed these Pacific Sea Nettles
Laura makes a friend
Everyone participated in the interactive saltwater 'petting zoo' including barnacles, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and starfish
Beautiful sea urchin
This Japanese Spider Crab could potentially grow to be 45 pounds and 13' across!
This tufted puffin comes to say hello
the family enjoyed watching the sea lions and harbor seals
Passages of the Deep- our favorite exhibit!
The ceiling and part of the floor is made up of glass!
Daddy and Laura look at all the fish which surrounded them
Grace and Laura enjoy looking at the fish who were under their feet
This shark jaw makes our boys look so small!
We had waaaay too much fun in the gift shop
With it being a holiday weekend, there were lots of visitors at the aquarium. Thankfully we had remembered that we had parked in the octopus lot!
At the gift shop, Grant had purchased the quintessential Oregon Coast treat-
Salt Water Taffy!
What a fun day! We look forward to going back again
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