Sea Lions and Dolphins and Turtles, oh my!

We went to Sea Life Park over the weekend since they had a deal for residents. To get over there, I wanted to take the Pali Highway instead of the interstate. It was supposed to be a scenic drive, and boy was it ever. We stopped at an overlook and here was the first view we got...
There was a path that you could hike down the cliff, which used to be where the old Pali highway ran. We hiked down until Adam decided that he was tired, and I think he was a little scared because towards the bottom the brush starts really overgrowing the road and I think he thought we were heading straight into the jungle. So we hiked back up.


Then we headed over to the sea life park. This park was really cool. The first thing you see when you come in is a GIANT reef tank that is just swarming with fish, turtles, stinray, sharks, etc.
Cole was utterly fascinated by this tank

We walked around the grounds of the park a bit while we were looking at the various tanks they had. Here is a view of the dolphin area where they do the dolphin shows. It was empty at the time, but you get some stunning views of the ocean and some small islands (I believe the tall one in the background is called Manana island)

Here is the first of the shows we went to, the sea lion show. We saw three shows at the park, the sea lion show, dolphin show, and another one that had dolphins, sea lions and penguins all in the same show. All three shows were really good, the kids were enthralled.


I think we spent over four hours at the park, and with two little kids that is no small feat. It was well worth the trip, I'd recommend this one for anyone who is planning to come visit us! The kids were exhausted by the time we were done and slept most of the way home.

I put more pictures on Flickr, link below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26722912@N05/sets/72157607071248515/detail/