Aquarium and the Beach - Roanoke Island & Nags Head, North Carolina

Took a trip to the little aquarium which was on Roanoake Island which is on the way back to the mainland. There was a historic colony that I wanted to see but it was closed for the season. There were a lot of things that were closed for the season as the Outer Banks really is a summer town based on tourists coming to hang out. Not much to do in winter but still a great trip.

Sculpture outside the aquarium

aaaagh croc!!

cute lil sleeping otters

these turtles were pretty cute, there's one who had his snout in the air all snobby like

uhhhh it's a what?

the petting pool

I just love how the octopus has his own toys :)

This is a skate! sample of the eggs next to it like the ones I found on the beach in the first post :)

and ditto the Whelk egg casing

SHAWK!!!! if I could work out how to post video I'll post the shark vids as they're great

This was a pretty neat exhibit about Jupiter and the movie was all projected on the ball in the centre.

giant dinosaur shark tooth

This was the view from the balcony of the last place I stayed. It was literally on the beach and just fantastic.

I had the top left room

At first I thought it was a shark but worked out that it was dolphins in the waves :) I couldn't get many good shots but you get the gist

Sunset on the last night at OBX.... ahhhhhhh :)

And then got up at sparrows the next day and drove 6 hours home. Looooooong drive that's for sure and it was great to get back!