Los Tenorio
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there during our early years together.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
fantastic. There it was about the Whale Shark (and I have photos of that visit). Visits to both aquariums are among my favourite memories of places that Ellen and I visited. That conversation that I had with the visitor from Monterey just made me think of that anniversary trip that Ellen and I made
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
aquarium. Ellen loved going there; she was like a kid in a toy store where she would look at everything and just want to keep on going. It was the only time we ever went though. On the other hand, we had gone to the Georgia Aquarium, another famous aquarium, several times and each visit was
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
seeing a real, live Great White Shark swimming around. I remember how Ellen would call her a little cutie as Ellen was trying to get pics of her whenever she appeared (she was in the Open Sea exhibit, so it's a huge tank).
That was really our favourite part of the fantastic trip to the
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
see a live Great White Shark. The shark was a young female, little by White Shark standards but she was big compared to the other fish in the tank. We thought she was really cute because she was so small (only 6 feet long) but Ellen and I, along with everyone who was there, were so transfixed with
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
of the few times that Monterey did this (they only did this about 5 times in their entire history). The program ended as it was really resource-intensive and ultimately since they could only keep the animals for a short amount of time, it was better not to have them. Ellen and I were just excited to
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the fish that are notorious to keep in aquariums. By that time the aquarium had successfully kept several alive. The thing though was that they didn't keep them long term and would release them after a short time as that was the only way to keep them healthy. We were fortunate to be able to see one
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
completely happy to sit down and get a bit of a rest. That was what that look was about, contrary to Ellen’s opinion that I was happy because of where I was resting my head. I was just happy to be sitting down for a bit).
The biggest highlight from the trip to the aquarium was going to see
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
the cream). What was going on there was that we sat down for the photo and since we had been walking since when we first entered it was the first time I got to sit down (we wanted to make sure that we didn't miss anything so we were walking the entire time). I was carrying all the bags, so I was
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
places where it was basically the same pose and expression, of me resting my head on Ellen’s bosom and looking completely content. She would comment on why it seemed that every time we took photos together it seemed that I would always be in the same spot and look like the proverbial cat that got
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
remember so much because Ellen would make a bit of fun of it. It is us both sitting together in a model of a giant clam with its shell wide open. In it I am resting up against Ellen, laying my head on her bosom and looking completely blissed out (as a quick note, we had so many pics of different
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
early photos were lost when Ellen’s computer crashed. We had so many photos of places that we went to and had a great time, along with pics of Minis and friends and the various places we had been to. Among the pics we lost were the ones from Monterey Bay aquarium. There is one picture that I
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
turned out to be a workout for me as the plan was that we were going to head back home immediately after the aquarium, so we weren't going to spend another night there. This meant that I ended up carrying our bags the entire time through the aquarium (one of the really sad things is that all of our
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
turned out to be a workout for me as the plan was that we were going to head back home immediately after the aquarium, so we weren't going to spend another night there. This meant that I ended up carrying our bags the entire time through the aquarium (one of the really sad things is that all of our
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
loved her. I remember this one so much because it was the first time I did it. The memory of how she felt as I held her close to me, and we danced slowly is one of those memories that are etched in my mind.
The trip to the aquarium itself was incredible. We had a fantastic time although it
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
side to side. I remember how soft she felt, how warm her skin felt. In that point of time, it was just the both of us with the song, no other sound around. Each time we made a trip, I would pick a song that was slow and gentle, a song that to me in some form or another would let her know that I
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
time I did this, and it was to this song, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMQ.... . I held Ellen and we slowed danced before heading out. I can close my eyes and remember everything that I felt. I remember holding one of her hands while my other arm was wrapped around her waist. We moved slowly, swaying
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November 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
go swim with manatees. These trips were anniversary trips in which we went for a couple of days and had to spend a few nights away). The little tradition that I started was before we headed out to wherever we were going to, I would take Ellen and just have a little dance with her. This was the first
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
went out to places for our anniversaries. We only did this whenever we were spending time at places for a couple of days and not the one day trips that we would do (for example we did this when we were living in Tallahassee and we had to drive a ways to see the sea turtles nesting or when we went to
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
related so of course that just fed into our anticipation of our visit to the aquarium. It being next to the water also made it great. It was a really lovely night.
The following day before heading into the aquarium we did a little thing that became something of a tradition every time we
November 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
pizza, it was still a lovely evening just walking and exploring the area. The thing though was that we really were excited about the aquarium, so our thoughts and conversations as we strolled through Cannery Row were about that really. It didn't help that a lot of the little shops were all marine
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
material but we really didn't plan out that part of the trip. We focused mostly on going to the aquarium so we didn't really check out restaurants that we could eat at. This was also before we had things like smart phones so it wouldn't have been as easy as it is today). Regardless of us having
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ultimately went to a place where Ellen felt safe (in terms of what she could eat. She always had particular tastes) and where I could eat also (with me being a vegetarian). I didn't complain at all because we went to eat my favourite food of all time (not exactly what would be considered anniversary
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
like for us for the rest of our time together) and we just walked about the place looking at the little shops and looking for a place to have dinner. As expected, the bulk of the restaurants there were all essentially sea food places, so that pretty much eliminated a lot of the places there. We
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
easy. The trip to the aquarium was going to be the following day. That meant the evening was just wandering around the Cannery Row. That evening was all about us (and we hadn't been long together by that point, just two years but by then we already had basically established what it was going to be
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM