Baby Beluga

We just returned from a short trip to my parents' cabin and this time we took my 12 year old niece with us. We all brought our passports and decided to venture up into Vancouver for day trips. The cabin is just minutes from the Canadian border, but crossing can take hours if you're not careful with timing and have a little luck besides. We sailed right through each time!

For our first trip we decided to go to the WORLD CLASS Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. I've been to a lot of aquariums on the west coast and this was the most impressive. They have an outdoor dolphin pool and beluga tank with several daily shows each. And while we took in the show, bald eagles and sea planes cruised over our heads which just added to the experience.

While the dolphins were the most entertaining, the belugas were especially fun to see since a baby was born there last June. She looks like a little gray comma compared to the huge white lumpy looking mother beluga. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring along my camera, but here's the aquarium's video of the birth.