Spring break....day one.

We have arrived safe and sound in California. Today was day one of our adventures. As you know we came here as a family. Today was set aside to recoup a bit after the long drive here. But not us. We had planned on going to the San Diego Zoo today, but when we woke up this morning it was POURING CATS AND DOGS. We met up with my friend Krissy, her hubby Skye and there daughter. We all decided instead of driving to San Diego and taking our chances, we headed to Long Beach where the Aquarium of the Pacific was located. It was awesome.

We saw all sorts of things at the aquarium, lots of Nemo and Dory fishes, sting rays, live corral exhibits, sharks, turtles, lots of Jelly fish and much much more.

After our great aquarium visit we set out to find some Ice Cream for the kiddos. We walked the pier in Long Beach and along the way Skye introduced Rick to the Yard House. Known for it's 3 ft tall glass of pretty much any tap drink you want. The tap was the biggest I had ever seen and I've been to Germany. They serve all their beers from tap, and the menu offered anything any beer drinker could think of..... they even offered beer floats, yes beer and ice cream together.......I'm not sure of the combo, but someone else may like it. They unfortunately stopped selling the yard glasses due to the fact that people would tend to have to much fun with the glasses and have sword fight with them, so they only sell a half of a yard now. Which still equals out to be about 3 pints of beer at once. We noticed outside the Yard House a lot of grand stands set up. Skye explained to us that they are host to the Grand Prix every year, hence the grand stands, this street race closes down the down town part of Long Beach, they host the Grand Prix every April so preparations were already under way. After the kids Krissy and I found our ice cream, and Skye and Rick enjoyed their beer we drove over to see the Queen Mary, which apparently is a hotel now, and they do ghost tours, but both to spendy so we enjoyed this massive boat from the outside.