Long Beach Aquarium

In April 2008, on Saturday I have taken Emily Cook on a wonderful trip to Long Beach aquarium, Queen Mary and Russian Sub. We started the day early, at 9AM and went all the way till evening when we went to a birthday part for Emily's friend, Alison. This was a great way to spend time as all these pictures attest. We both enjoyed ourselves immensely as can be clearly seen from our very happy faces. We have seen many different types of marine life in the aquarium, explored one of the legendary cruise ships and finished off with a 1970s Russian sub - who could have asked for a better way to spend time.

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with an eagle	you can touch these as well	with Emily
tropical fish	white jelly fish	this one is close to the bridge
submarine survival suit	this crab is huge	sub from the side with Queen Mary
sub from above - you can see its full size	shark	red jelly fish
not sure whatever I would want to sit here for hours	not much space in this sub	moving through the narrow opening
more fish	many fish in the same tank	looking for targets
lots of valves	letting a torpedo out is easy	in front of the tiny officer rooms inside the sub
lets see whatever anything still works	forward torpedo room	having fun inside the sub
fish at home	first touch of the sea creatures	checking out who is out there
eagle	checking out cradio room in the sub through glass window	big fish
catching some sun on QM	beds were made for short people	another group picture in the sub
about to go in	With Long Beach as the background	Queen Mary top deck
Seals under water	Inside the hatch	Queen Mary engine room
Inside engine room	Enjoying great weather with Emily on Queen Mary	Emily talking to seals
Emily with a torpedo	Emily on Queen Mary	Emily getting ready to explore another compartment
Emily checking out the surface

Album created on 2008-05-11 and last updated on 2008-05-11