Comments on: Thanks from the Seymour Marine Discovery Center http://www.daftmusings.com/2007/02/22/thanks-from-the-seymour-marine-discovery-center/ by Carolyn Bickford Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Peterson http://www.daftmusings.com/2007/02/22/thanks-from-the-seymour-marine-discovery-center/#comment-50 Ken Peterson Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:29:19 +0000 http://daftmusings.com/?p=61#comment-50 You're absolutely right about the Seymour Center -- and about summer crowds,in Monterey, which is why (as the aquarium's PR guy) I encourage summer visitors to: 1. Arrive early, with either a membership or advance tickets, to get in ahead of the mid-day rush; 2. Take a break when the crowds get too thick -- get your hand stamped for re-entry, o to the beach, ride a bike along the Rec Trail, go kayaking; 3. Come back later in the day when the peak crowds are gone. Better yet: Come in the off-season. We're down to a thousand or two visitors a day right now, compared with 8,000 or 9,000 a day in July. And there's a decent chance of seeing gray whale spouts off our decks. (Free telescopes await.) You’re absolutely right about the Seymour Center — and about summer crowds,in Monterey, which is why (as the aquarium’s PR guy) I encourage summer visitors to: 1. Arrive early, with either a membership or advance tickets, to get in ahead of the mid-day rush; 2. Take a break when the crowds get too thick — get your hand stamped for re-entry, o to the beach, ride a bike along the Rec Trail, go kayaking; 3. Come back later in the day when the peak crowds are gone.

Better yet: Come in the off-season. We’re down to a thousand or two visitors a day right now, compared with 8,000 or 9,000 a day in July. And there’s a decent chance of seeing gray whale spouts off our decks. (Free telescopes await.)

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