Georgia Aquarium Excursion

Here is the post I promised on the "World's Largest Aquarium"

Really, these pictures don't do this place justice. I have never seen so many HUGE tanks of fish, whales, sharks, etc... it was just an awesome place - I don't think we'll ever be able to go back home to the Newport Aquarium, this place just RULES - there is no comparison!!!

We always call Grant "G" - so we got this picture of him in front of the aquarium with the G fish behind him (you can't see it too well, but the fins are to the left of the letter G - pretty cute marketing).

The aquarium had all kinds of fish floating above you in just about every exhibit. This one was a long tunnel that had whales and sharks among other fish swimming overhead. It even had a slow moving walkway you could just stand on and you could look as it moved you down the corridor.

Some of the glass encasements had "caves" around them to make it seem more like you were underwater with the fish. The boys loved climbing up onto them to see everything.

One of the HUGE WALLS of glass - seriously, these pictures don't do this justice - it was absolutely gigantic, you almost felt like you were underwater (the boys are in the striped shirts by the glass).

These seals were crazy! You could view them from inside, or you cold go outside (where I was to take these pictures). Anyway, they were funny b/c they were playing "King (or seal) of the Mountain". One of the seals would get up on the rocks, and the other would try to take over until one of them ended up back in the water. We were crackin' up!

In addition to all the glass, they also had these tubes scattered throughout the exhibits. The kids could literally climb under one of the exhibits (penguins in this case) and pop up in a tube so it looks like you're in the exhibit with the penguins. The boys LOVED this!
One of the balconies overlooking part of the main floor - again, doesn't do the place justice - but kind of shows you how big and cool the place is.
The alligator exhibit - even with the glass, these things were a little too close to comfort for me!
Weird lighting, but it was designed this way to get a better picture of the jellyfish. Grant and Evan loved trying to "touch" them.
They had a 3D show called Deepo (who looked just like Nemo without the stripes). Blake loved him - he was giving him a hug here, and later we got him a stuffed one to take home as a souvenir.


Evan & Kyle in the penguin tube. You can actually see the penguins to the right in this picture.