long beach aquarium

for christmas, i asked family for money towards a year pass to something local, a zoo or aquarium to take ronin to that would expose him to nature/animals/learning.  on MLK day, jan & i scoped out the long beach aquarium and were pretty impressed.  there is so much to see, and ronin just loved it.  they have a lot indoors, and sea otters, sharks, rays and tide pools outdoors.  there are a lot of hands on areas which i think is important to learning and since ro can't touch much yet, jan stepped in so we would get our moneys worth.  the la zoo isn't too impressive but we really recommend this. if you buy tickets online before you go, you save $5/ticket. 

{all photos via my iphone}