The River Market was an unexpected welcomed surprise. We were coming back to finish our aquarium visit and saw the market set up. All of the handmade items were very beautiful. As I know from being a maker myself, it's hard to make handmade items affordable. If you visit, have your coins right! As for the aquarium, there are two buildings. One features ocean life the other, river life. Let me just say this. Go ahead and try to schedule one building for one day and the other building for the next! We were scheduled to go straighten to the aquarium when we arrived into town at 4:30 and found out the river side closes at 5. The ocean side closes at 6 so we did that one. They allowed us to do the river side the next day which worked out. Both aquariums are very extensive and we were...
Read moreIt was enjoyable for my 5 yr old. It isn't as good as it was Years ago when they still had the shark tank over you where you could walk under it. You have 4 or so levels where you basically see the same fish in one big tank as you go down stopping at times to see animals in smaller tanks that aren't in the big one. The variety of fish has gotten smaller, and the ocean side is no where near as interesting as it once was. There weren't as many snakes to see, I don't think I even saw a shark, and it just wasn't...
Read moreA truly fun afternoon with friends. Lots of vendors selling all kinds of stuff. From custom artwork by Robert Riedel, to beef jerky, to 'permanent jewelry' - who knew there was such a thing? There were some excellent food vendors as well. I had a wonderful beef brisket sandwich which was large, hot and juicy. It's a nice way to spend a morning (and some money) in...
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