Wednesday, September 25th-A Rocktopus?

Today we explored the piers and downtown areas of Port Angeles. Here’s a pic of Diana with her new friend, Rocktopus, at the Olympic Marine Center:
(I can’t get the pic to load now so it’ll have to be when we have better coverage)

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