Day 2.219: Tidal treasure

We visited a nearby natural history museum today. We had a great visit - including a private guided walk down to explore some tidal pools where this pile of treasures were found:

Not to mention this one:

(I meant the view, not the grandparents!)

After lunch we visited the small but appealing aquarium in the museum's basement, where E5N1 had a close encounter with some horseshoe crabs:

Exile #3 met a very blue lobster:

And Exile #4 tried to communicate with the jellyfish:

This afternoon we had a swim in the hotel pool, then dinner across the road and then six of us went for a mad dusk-jaunt to visit Trader Joe's - we had to find out what all the fuss is about. According to our shopping basket: teeny-weeny meringues and gluten-free ginger snaps!