We've really been looking forward to it. Over vacation it's hard to keep in a competitive frame of mind. People go out of town, miss practices, and you kind of slack off a little bit. Now that we are back in practice and ready for the tournament you know it's time to play.

We ask how they're doing in their league, and he asks how we are doing in the OAA.

That's a really good part of it. You get to see different teams in different leagues and their styles of play.

I totally don't think about it anymore. I'm in a different frame of mind. It's been a long vacation, that's how I look at it. It's history. I've got other things that I'm thinking about and working on at the moment.

Aquariums are popular because they fill what people are looking for in a vacation. There has been a trend toward family-oriented vacations and traditional type of vacations. People also want their vacations to have an educational component that is disguised as fun. When you are doing a big downtown revitalization project, it makes sense to have a flagship attraction that you can build around.

Some people go to Elderhostel as more like a vacation. We go because we want to learn.