If you haven’t noticed, I am horribly back-(b)logged, but I can’t help it! 
There’s so much going on at the moment, and I barely have time to download the photos that I took yesterday at the Philadelphia Zoo, let alone blog about it. But then again, this is something that I wanted to do very badly, so I will still try to squeeze my brain and recall whatever I needed to recall. By the way, may I have a show of hands of those who are still following my journey?
On June 14th, Travis, from the Education Team and I went to a place called Bivalve for a festival called “Bay Days”. I didn’t know what “Bay Days” was until the day we went to Bivalve. All I knew before I signed up for the event was that Travis would be manning the touch tank to raise awareness, and we would be selling Wetlands Institute souvenirs to raise some fund$.
So anyway, the Delaware Bay Days is the largest free festival in the tri-state region (New Jersey-Pennsylvania-Delaware). It was a fun-filled family day “celebrating the rich maritime history, vibrant culture and phenomenal natural resources of the Delaware Bay”.
There was a street parade through the historic oyster town of Port Norris but I did not attend the parade because Travis and I were busy setting up our “Wetlands Institute booth”. He took care of his touch tank — filled the tank with sea water that we brought with us, placed the animals (crabs, horseshoe crabs, sea star) into the tank — and placed the information board and all the important brochures on the table while I set up all the other just-as-important souvenirs on the table.
There were a lot of other stalls/booths that sold fresh seafood, hotdogs, homemade strawberry shortcakes, ice creams, etc. Entertainment (live country music) was also provided throughout the 2-day festival.
And of course, our touch tank was a big hit not only to the kids, but to the adults as well! 
It was amazing that some kids would never think twice before placing their hands into the tank and on the other hand, some adults would never place their hands into the tank no matter how hard we tried to convince them 
And of course, Travis being Travis, never stopped telling kids that they would get 7 years of good luck if they kissed a live horseshoe crab. And guess what the kids do?
More pictures taken during Bay Days here.
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I’m so glad you’re having a good time — you’ll remember this trip for the rest of your life
Sounds like a great time! Glad to see you’re enjoying yourself!
Hehehe, kids are more trusting and willing to explore more than adults, I suppose. Maybe that’s what “experience” does to you? :3
Does that mean that the more experience you have, the more paranoid you become? Yeah, that sounds familiar
How fun! I am like a little kid when it comes to undersea stuff… I could spend hours peering into tide pools!
I am still with you and following you all the way. Do try and post more often.
Thanks so so much, Nicole
nice story
Those are great photos! I love the wonder and curiosity you’ve captured.
Fantastic job you’re doing saving the terrapins and educating people about them!
And yes, I’m still following (even though I’m a week or so behind!).