Road Trip — Crescent City and Ocean World Aquarium

Posted by Karen on 11-Aug-2006

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We cross back over the stateline and Crescent City is the first town of size you find on the north coast.  The town is smaller than I expected, but it’s very quaint.  We decide to head straight to the beach and check it out before finding a motel to stay for the night.  We just keep driving west and at the end of the road is the ocean!  We climb down a rickety old metal staircase to reach the beach and just take it in for a bit.  Battery Point Lighthouse is to our left and since it’s dusk the lighthouse lamp is flashing slowly and adds to the atmosphere.  We watch some harbor seals playing out on the rocks in the distance.  We follow the “scenic route” signs and check out the pier, which is just past the sea monster on top of a garage!  We see the sign for Ocean World and say, yeah, we gutta check this out.  We pay our entrance fee and enjoy a delightful sea lion show, touch the star fish and anemones in the tidepool touch tank, ohh and aha at the many fish, sharks and batrays and finally get to pet a small tiger shark, which feels very weird.  A fun little stop, but now it’s time to find dinner and a place to sleep.