We visited the Georgia Aquarium on Saturday. The website declares this aquarium to be the "World's Largest and Most Engaging Aquarium". Being that none of us have ever visited an aquarium, we were pretty amazed by all of the exhibits. As most any attraction on a Saturday, the place was packed as soon as we arrived, but we were still able to see everything without having to wait a long time. The crowds seemed to move from one exhibit to the other pretty quickly. Also, since all of the exhibits are housed fairly close together, you can always go back around to something if you missed it or just want to see it again.
Since Joshua is only two, he wasn't very interested in sticking around any one location for any length of time, but he seemed to really have a great time. When we first walked in, there was a "touching pool". There were small stingrays and small sharks in this pool that you can reach down and touch as they swim by. That was pretty amazing....and, yes, I did reach down and touch them myself. It wasn't quite as slimy as I expected. Joshua really wanted to touch the fish, but every time they got close to him, he would squeal, giggle, and pull his hand up out of the water.
The touching pool:
From the touching pool we moved through the other exhibits and were continually amazed at the various sizes, types and radiant colors in each of the tanks.
The penguins!!!!
Looking for Nemo:
A Beluga whale:
An octopus:
After a few hours, Joshua was so tired we decided to call it a day. We went through the gift shop with the intention of getting one souvenir. $100 later, we were headed to the car with a shark, a whale, a fish, two t-shirts and a cap!!!!
All in all it was a great day! I look forward to visiting the aquarium over and over again and watching Joshua as he explores and learns something new each time.
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