New York Aquarium

Today we went to the New York Aquarium in Coney Island. You and I have never been out there but I think mommy has. It's in a beach resort neighborhood but it's nothing fancy. The aquarium though was very good.

We took the F line out to Coney Island. It was a bit of a run around because there was some work being done on the tracks. We eventually made it though. Here we are on the walkway over to the beach. You can see the amusement rides behind you.

Here we are looking out to the sea.

It was quite cold out but you wanted nothing to do with you hat. "Here daddy. You take it."

When we first entered the aquarium they had a huge fish tank. I mean huge. It had lots of fishes and sting rays and a few moray eels like the one here.

You were anxious to get as close as possible to the fish so we propped you up on the window sill.

Look at all the fish (or fishies as we say to you). This is what it looks like when mommy and daddy go diving in the Caribbean.

And here's the sting ray. I had a tough time taking a good shot of them because they move pretty fast. This is the best picture.

They also had tortoises which you have seen before.

And an iguana lizard which you haven't.

We found Nemo! The clown fish like to hang out around the sea anemone. You like to say anemone.

Jelly fish! They were very pretty.

Outside there was a sea lion. He had very slick skin. I took this shot just as a fish was going into his mouth. The lady on the right was an employee and feeding all the sea lions.

Here's a sea otter. You can see a lot of these in California.


Next we went to the shark area. Here's a giant turtle and a huge stingray below it.

And here's a shark! You kept saying "shark, shark" all day.

Then we went to a jellyfish area. They had lots of them. I like this photo a lot.

And another moray eel.

And we saw one of your favorites - Seahorses!

We also went to a 'touch' area where you touched a starfish and a horseshoe crab.

Then we went to a exhibit that lets you know what it's like to be under a waterfall. No one got wet. It's covered in glass.

Then we went to another area where we saw a giant octopus. It was too dark to take photos. There were also 3 big walruses that I forgot to take a picture of. They were huge! And to finish off some tiny sting rays.

I was hoping we could feed the rays because I saw it on your Elmo DVD. But that wasn't set up in the 'touch' area. Then we headed home. It was a long morning so you took a nap.

Oh I almost forgot. We also saw a dolphin. Wait a second... That's not a dolphin is it?