Santa Cruz

Here are some pictures from the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz. It is a neat little place, sort of like a science museum/aquarium/teaching lab all in one that is affiliated with the University. Molly and I discovered it while we were looking for something to do in Santa Cruz while Mickey was attending a conference nearby. We had a lovely time together exploring this hidden little gem on the coast.

Pacific Ocean! Too bad it was quite chilly


Molly and her stuffed wolf eel, showing off its fangs


The girl and the whale


Shaking hands with a blue whale


Blue whale skull (enormous! the entire skeleton was 82 ft long!)



Starfish buffet (we spent a long time here touching and talking about all the creatures)


Do you know some starfish are rough, others are soft, and still others are slippery?


Relaxing in the sun on the back of an elephant seal sculpture


Reading an appropriately themed book


Molly shark


Molly octopus



Molly otter


Molly crab