Orca Viewing

Enough of the stuffed and inflatable orcas. It was the Monday before school starts, so we took advantage of this day off to visit Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (the theme park formerly known as Marine World) to see a real orca -- and we got up close!

• Matthew and Elizabeth went on this water ride, while Daddy and Joshua stayed behind to take photos:
  

• To add insult to injury, they got sprayed with these water canon after splashdown:
  

• A little damp:
  

• You might even call 'em soggy:
  

• But it was cool!:
  

• All eyes are on the orca:
  

• Splash! We were close, but pretty well stayed dry:
  

• Matthew tried his hand at the tricky ladders:
  

• Steady:
  

• Petting a stingray:
  

• Matthew won a bigger orca to keep Little Orca company:
  

-- RonRisley - 15 Aug 2007