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This Saturday we went on a day trip to Birch Aquarium and snorkeling afterwards. Outdoor Outreach provides comprehensive, year-round outdoor programming for youth in San Diego. By introducing participants to the outdoors through exciting and joy-filled activities, OO inspires underserved youth to see possibility and opportunity in their lives, and realize various positive attitude and behavioral changes that help them become successful adults.
Once we arrived to Birch Aquarium we immediately got to view the Hall of Fishes. Which has everything you might want to see – starfish, jelly fish, octopus, fish galore!, crabs, seahorses, turtles, etc., etc. The highlight is for sure the Kelp Forest, with 70,000 gallons in the tank and so many fish and sharks of all shapes and sizes, that you can sit on the stairs and be mesmerized!
Outside the back there was a petting tidal pool overlooking the ocean, the people at the touch pool were friendly and the guys saw the shallow pools containing fish, lobsters, sea urchins, sea anemone, sea cucumbers, sea stars and snails!
The sea urchins, sea stars, sea cucumbers and sea anemone were safe to touch! AJ said “It was really cool how the anemone and urchins grabbed onto my fingers!”
After a quick lunch at Mission Point park the guys put on gear and went snorkeling. In the shallow waters close to the Mission Bay shore, we saw a few Garibaldi, California’s bright orange state fish. Picked up a Black sea hare, also called sea slugs,which can grow up to two and a half feet long and will almost certainly adorn the sea floor wherever you’re snorkeling.
The snorkeling entire day was remarkable filled with fun and discovery. It’s just amazing to see the smiles on these young men’s faces as the are free to be themselves away from the constructs of the intercity. But more importantly they are not chained to technology, experiencing all the world has to offer.
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