Stella and Henry have been captivated by Marineland commercials for weeks, so we capped off the summer with a weekend in Niagara Falls. Their fascination had less to do with actual marine life and more to do with rides and the overflowing gift shop, but I think Stella would agree coming nose to snout with Nootka was pretty cool.
I haven't been to Marineland since I was a kid, and to see it through jaded ($150 admission?!) adult eyes was interesting. Outrageous prices aside, there is an unslickness about the place I find kind of endearing. Like the weird font. And those funny wood-burned signs. And the vaguely Bavarian-style architecture of the little huts that dot the park.
But the highlight (Nootka antics aside) for me was watching the teenager inflate hundreds, no thousands, of vinyl walruses inside the gift shop. Next to the pair of lifeguards who whiled away the summer playing Gin Rummy at the splash pad by our house, this dude has the best summer job ever.
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