The Pacific Northwest: Day 7, October 23rd, Friday

Another rainy day, so we decided to brave the traffic and go back to Vancouver to the aquarium. You can skip this day if you are not into that type of thing. I mainly did this page for grandson Wally. He will surely be a biologist as an adult, with all his interest in nature and science.

This is a sculpture at the entrance to the aquarium in Stanley Park. It reminded me of the totem poles in another part of the park.

Remember in the first day of our trip when Kirk found a baby Wolf eel on the beach? It looked like a worm. This is a fully grown Wolf eel and it is huge. That's his (or her) head and tail you see in the picture. You can see the mouth and eye if you use your imagination. They are unusual in that they mate for life and are very nurturing parents. Who knew?

This disgusting looking creature is a octopus. Yuck!

Seals, wishing for sun.

Dolphins at training time. The gull tried to steal their fish. The most amazing thing about the dolphins, besides how smart they are, is how fast they are. The trainer said they zip around the tank at 37 mph.

This is a beluga whale. There were four in the tank, two mamas and two babies. We could look at them from above or go below and look at them thru the glass, like this picture.

This is a baby porpoise, about a year old, rescued from the sea. Read her story in the next picture.

We took a break for lunch and went to a nice restaurant in the park , called the Fish House. This unusual cedar tree was just outside the window where we were seated. I think it's about 100 years old and no telling how tall. It would make a great tree house tree. You could have a tree house close to the ground -- less dangerous that way.