Day 5 (Thursday)

Thursday was another great day. Since we were spending two nights at Newport, we had to pack various "hilarious good times" in one day. We started the day by visiting the Oregon Coast Aquarium and got to see the sea otters enjoy their breakfast of champions which included clams. The Sea lions put on a spectacular show as they swam in circles, and I've seen some pretty good shows. We got a chance to visit Ripley's Believe It or Not, it was quite amazing and I highly recommend everyone to visit that unique establishment.

Speaking of Sea Lions, we found that the best place to see them was along the Newport Bay Piers. Let me tell you, they are loud. In fact, we could hear them barking as slept in our yurt several miles away at 2:49 am. They are chubby, fatty, loud, grumpy and loud. And yet, it was the highlight of the day.

To end the day, Traci and I decided that we MUST play on the beach, so we made a visit the to the dollar store and purchased some non-quality buckets and shovels to make sand castles. The buckets didn't last more than 3 minutes.