Ocean Park

It was 90% my idea to go to Ocean Park. Allison has had the Charleston Aquarium for most of her life and she thinks dolphin shows are inhumane, so another park dedicated to sealife didn't interest her.

"But Allison," I said, "Ocean Park has pandas!"

She brightened. "Really?" Scowl. "What do pandas have to do with the ocean?"

"Uh... well, they're from the mountains of China... which is a country... with shorelines... uh, on the ocean."

She blinked at me, then shrugged. "Okay, sure. I love pandas."



And as promised, here are some more pictures of An An in mid-pace, and Jia Jia in mid-sleep.


An An pacing back and forth, back and forth.


Jia Jia taking an afternoon nap.

Coming out of the panda building, Allison proclaimed, "It was worth $40 just to see the pandas!"

... but we went to check out the fish anyway. :P


I found Nemo!


Cuttlefish. I'd seen these at the market near our hotel. Cool creatures but not worth $40 at current market prices.


Japanese spider crabs. These had leg spans of 3 to 4 ft. but spider crabs can grow up to 12 ft. in leg span.



So as you can see from this blog post, we made it! :)