Well, the river DID get a little higher than expected but it is going down now.
So, what do Oregonians do when family visits and they’re getting cabin-fever from the rain? They take them to the Hatfield Marine Science Center!
Sasha the octopus is the attention-getter. (I spelled her name wrong because this is how they pronounced it: Sasha) She’s not always this active; especially after lunch.
They say she likes to sit over the vent.
In scuba-speak, raising your arms over your head in the shape of an O means you are OK. You can’t use a thumbs-up because that means you’re surfacing.
Ever look into the eye of an octopus? They are such odd looking creatures. An octopus mates once in her life, lays 50,000 eggs, hatches them and then dies shortly after they hatch. Only 2 of those young survive to adulthood.
Whale burp myth busted!
We probably spent a couple hours there. There is SO much to see and touch and play with!
A break in the rain at Seal Rock and we had to get some pix of the big waves from the first Fall storm on the Oregon Coast.
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