after we had taken just about as much beach as we could handle, we headed in to charleston, and took the bean to the aquarium. rick and i really, really like aquariums (we've been to more than i can count,) and the bean is starting to enjoy them too. rick and i had been there before, in 2002, for his cousin's wedding, but this time it was slightly easier to tour without dinner tables and dance floors. (they had rented out the whole building, and we were able to roam the whole place!)
the south carolina aquarium is not a particularly large aquarium, but it does have great stuff for kids, and the bean touched a sea urchin (sharp) and a snake (quickly) and crawled though logs, "steered" a ship and saw the otters. (rick's favorite. perhaps because of this?)
i was messing around with my newly discovered "aquarium" setting on my camera, still not sure what that does, but on a regular setting i was able to get this photo of the bean, which i just love. she doesn't sit stll for photos these days, so it's pretty amazing that i got a photo in the dark at all.
