It was pouring rain one day in Crescent City, so we went to a lighthouse which got us even more drenched. After the lighthouse, we went to the aquarium. It looked pretty lame, but turned out to be nice. They said we could touch everything and pick everything in the tide pool up, so we did. That first sea star smells like garlic on the underside. We loved seeing all the fish, got to pet some leopard sharks several times and even held an egg that a leopard shark laid (looks like a seaweed corkscrew and was bigger than my hand). And then they took us to see the sea lions and the seal, Cora. Cora is a "ham" and a "monster" and a "show-off." Their words, not mine. She's four years old and learns fast. Her main goal in life is to get more fish, so she's willing to do pretty much anything. They said she learned to do a flip in three days (pretty fast). In fact, not only did she learn to flip, but on her own, she started flipping twice in order to get double treats." Marina on the other hand is 34 years old. She just lays around in the sun whenever possible, but when commanded to "kiss" her neighbor, she does so and opens wide for the treat. When the show was over, Cora's trainer disappeared into the building with her bucket of herring and Cora was just yelling and chasing and barking after her, "Come BACK! I'll do more tricks! Don't go! Feed me! Don't leave!" It was pretty funny.
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