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Kelp Day Festivities two months late?
Apr. 13th, 2009 11:12 amWell, Spot was angry that we left him home alone all day, but he would have been angrier had we taken him. He would have had to be in the car almost 3.5ish hours just going there and back plus wait in the car a lot. And the beach? It was windy.
So we left about 9.15ish. It was drizzling, so we decided to go to the aquarium first. It was $15 per adult to get in. Hmm. We were both like, this better be good.
It was good overall, but honestly rather small and, Dan said, struck him as a more expensive version of the Science Centre nearby. It was still fun to see all the fish and the otters and whatnot, but I doubt we'll go again. And definitely not a place to take a Mel, should she ever pass this way. :-p
After that we were hungry, so we went to Mo's for lunch since the fish and chips place Dan recalled was closed as in permanently. That was interesting. Mo's has billboards all over the place and apparently has been around 60 years. The waitress was a bit odd but the food was pretty good - fish not too greasy. Our side options were clam chowder, salad, and some other dish involving unclean meat, so Dan skipped on that and I got salad. Which ended up being topped with a heaping helping of shrimp. Grand.
So I got all the pink grubs moved to one side of the plate and ate the cabbage underneath.
After we ate we went to the lighthouse that is actually a house with just a small tower on the roof where the light was. The wind was pretty intense, but it was a really neat house to look at. Apparently you can have weddings there. The thing that fascinated me most was a cross in a frame ornamented with twining vines and flowers all made of human hair. It was surprisingly beautiful despite the utter insanity of the fact that it was hair - a real work of art. I can't imagine how long that one piece must have taken, because it was fairly good-sized. Should have taken a picture. Didn't.
Then we faced winds on the beach that Dan estimated were about 30mph. Sand blowing along the beach made me seasick. We found kelp. And more kelp. It was fun walking in the wind, but very exhausting.
Then we drove around a bit and came home.
Pictures here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6419120&l=bc26d8fccf&id=560930252
So we left about 9.15ish. It was drizzling, so we decided to go to the aquarium first. It was $15 per adult to get in. Hmm. We were both like, this better be good.
It was good overall, but honestly rather small and, Dan said, struck him as a more expensive version of the Science Centre nearby. It was still fun to see all the fish and the otters and whatnot, but I doubt we'll go again. And definitely not a place to take a Mel, should she ever pass this way. :-p
After that we were hungry, so we went to Mo's for lunch since the fish and chips place Dan recalled was closed as in permanently. That was interesting. Mo's has billboards all over the place and apparently has been around 60 years. The waitress was a bit odd but the food was pretty good - fish not too greasy. Our side options were clam chowder, salad, and some other dish involving unclean meat, so Dan skipped on that and I got salad. Which ended up being topped with a heaping helping of shrimp. Grand.
So I got all the pink grubs moved to one side of the plate and ate the cabbage underneath.
After we ate we went to the lighthouse that is actually a house with just a small tower on the roof where the light was. The wind was pretty intense, but it was a really neat house to look at. Apparently you can have weddings there. The thing that fascinated me most was a cross in a frame ornamented with twining vines and flowers all made of human hair. It was surprisingly beautiful despite the utter insanity of the fact that it was hair - a real work of art. I can't imagine how long that one piece must have taken, because it was fairly good-sized. Should have taken a picture. Didn't.
Then we faced winds on the beach that Dan estimated were about 30mph. Sand blowing along the beach made me seasick. We found kelp. And more kelp. It was fun walking in the wind, but very exhausting.
Then we drove around a bit and came home.
Pictures here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6419120&l=bc26d8fccf&id=560930252
