Aquarium Adventure

Yesterday, the boys and i went to the new aquarium.
We had a good time. i tend to not enjoy large crowds, so we went early (before 9 a.m.) to get in and get our tickets and passes. The kids got annual passes as gifts for the holidays, and i bought one for me - so i could take them.

The lines were long, but moved quickly. It was sold out...and somewhat difficult to get tickets. I had called back the first week in January for them.

It's done very well, and very majestic and surprising how much they have. The Beluga whales are very sweet looking. The jelly fish are really cool, especially since colored lights make them appear different colors.

The coral reef is wonderful and it's very cool to look up and see fish swimming above!
We didn't stay too long, since they were letting in about 750 people every hour. Sam's favorite part was being able to touch the stingrays and little sharks. We could also touch shrimp, hermit crabs (which were hiding), and star fish. We had one minor snafu when leaving. Both of my kids said they knew the way out of the aquarium - so both took off in different directions! One got lost for a brief time, but we found each other again within about 5 minutes.