Off to the Wharf

Before heading home, we went to the wharf to have a late lunch.

 

So.... Donald ordered the raw oysters and offered some to the rest of us. At first there were no takers, just strange faces. Slowly the boys started warming up after Donald ate a couple and made them look yummy.

 

Jared and Xara tried

 

And it was a "No!" from Jared

 

Michael assessed the situation, tried one and kept it down.

 

Not to be done Jared tried again... And ummmmm, well, it was again a "No!"

 

Xara entertained us while we waited for the rest of our food. 

 

After lunch, we continued down the Wharf, where we met THE most gutsy pelican I've ever seen! The salmon boat came in and no matter HOW hard they tried, this little guy wouldn't budge. 

 

After a few times of being squirt with the hose he finally left and went to sulk... far away from the others. :-(

 

The others waiting for scraps down at the bottom.

 

Then we went to go watch the cute sea lions basking in the sun.

 

 We waved good-bye as we finished our walk and traveled home. What a great time we had!

Down to the Tidepools

So on our last day we had decided to play at the beach and wharf the entire day. Of course it was still drizzling, but we were at the water anyway. 

There were jellyfish EVERYWHERE! But thank goodness the tentacles were inside so they kept getting picked up.

 Snails and little hermit crabs were all over too

 

See that starfish? It was HUGE! 

 

 Cai Lynn's hand to compare

 Donald and another jellyfish

 I was pretty far out. By the time I came back in, the tide had also decided to come back in. Thanks to Donald, I didn't have to go swimming. LOL

 I found a little friend

 

So did Xara

 So cute!

 

So.....here comes my favorite. We tried to get some cute family pictures with the amazing back-drop of the ocean behind us. We got ready and Heather started snapping away.

 And...... Of course the tide rolled in!