Georgia Aquarium

Last year, we went through Atlanta, GA on the way home and did the Children's Museum.  Right next door was the largest aquarium in the world.  My kids' fascination with animals under the sea was growing!  They loved whales, sharks and giant squids.  The aquarium in Atlanta had whales sharks!  I've never heard of a whale shark until my kids started reading up on sharks.  We would go onto YouTube just to see them.  They are enormous sharks who are gentle and don't eat other animals like the great white sharks.  They eat krill in huge amounts (tiny tiny animals).  You can even swim by them and catch a ride if you see them in the ocean. 

So, I was amazed that they even were able to get a whale shark into an aquarium.  This I wanted to see as much as the kids.  So this year, we decided to stop by Atlanta on the way home again and pay the big bucks to see this great place.

And there it is, the whale shark!  There were actually four of them in this impressive tank they had.  This whale shark is a lot bigger than it looks in this picture.  On average, they say, whale sharks are about 25 feet in length (size of a school bus), but can grow as long as 43 feet long!  I kept wondering how they got these massive sharks from the ocean to an aquarium - UPS!  They really can deliver anything.  Ding dong, special delivery!  Please sign here, where should I put this?  Lol!!

Look at him soaking it all in!

The kids were really captivated.  Love it!

Overall, the GA Aquarium was really neat.  There were huge crowds that made it hard to really enjoy to the fullest but otherwise a good time.  We did capture the dolphin show which I didn't really like too much.  They made it into a drawn out musical with nifty stage and lighting effects featuring the dolphins.  What I would have preferred is a more educational approach to it all.

  

We ended up driving home that same day.  We needed to get home a little earlier than planned.  As we were driving at night, we ran over a tire that just blew off a semi truck of some sort in front of us.  It happened quickly so there was really no other choice but to run over the tire.  I was asleep when I heard the big th-thump-thump.  We were happy that we didn't notice any damage as we kept driving home.

But when we got home we found that our car was leaking gas.  Long story short, gas tank and fuel pump were damaged and needed to be replaced.  Ignorance about how car insurance procedures are supposed to happen is expensive. 



But, I am very thankful that God kept us safe despite the expensive road debris.  What is left now is the rest of the summer at home, enjoying the freedoms of having nothing to do but what you want to do, getting ready for school, buying supplies, seeing friends and family, etc...

See ya later!