Recently we went with friends to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. The kids all love aquariums...and being by the ocean they've been to quite a few now! This one was small enough hat they could go off and explore on their own. It was fun to watch them run from exhibit to exhibit together checking out marine life and just laughing and having fun. We eventually walked out on the pier to view the lighthouse and check out the view. Although all these things were fun the real highlight for the kids was a huge sand sculpture in the shape of the whale. Well...it wasn't a whale anymore by the time we left. The kids ran up and down, buried themselves in it and even rolled down it! The next day I was reading an article about the aquarium having a special event the day after we left, and that one of the special events for the kids was to be a giant whale made of sand...oops! I hope they had someone to rebuild it!