Monday November 12 (Veterans Day in the USA) 2012, at the Atlanta Aquarium

The day was a good one to be inside as that cold front started to work its way south to the southeast states. Only n the 60’s (F) but that was much cooler. Tomorrow about 39 F in the AM and up to 60 in the day.  Some rain , but as we were inside most of the day , that didn’t slow us down until the ride back to the hotel when it rained hard.  Certainly I-75 and its five lanes coming our of Atlanta at 5:00 PM is no picnic. BUt we are cozy and I’ll review the day some.

AS the youth would say today the georgia Aquarium is “Awesome”! IT is divided into about nine different areas of environment so each one has its special type of organisms. There are  eight million gallons of water on use, 100,000 animals and 500 species. IT is entertaining, educational and scientific. 

These are the separate areas we visited;

1.

This section centered on the state of Georgia especially the 

outerbanks and the coastlines that are so important 

to all sea creatures like the turtles Less than 10 years ago they 

discovered a "new" fish that had never been seen before... 

The Red Bonefish.

Some of the fish in the many tanks that the Aquarium has.

THis was mostly coral reef fish and animals 

There was a cute ,animated 15 minute underwater drama

 that worked subtly on understanding the environment and

 changing life style to affect that change.

Exactly what it said was there. Lots of them.

Waters of the rivers especially those connected with Oceans.

No they aren't all connected directly. (Gators and such)

Frigid waters and cratures of that environment.

 There were mammoth Beluga whales (white), seals, otters, etc.

This was a magnificent show with trained dolphins and excellent riders 

and trainers who participated. (30 minutes was worth the $)

NO pictures wwre alowed and there weere no postcards  sold 

of any of the show.

I checked.

This is the cafeteria, with super service , but very high prices 

The food was excellent, however.  I received a 

20% discount as a veteran on Veterans day.

Here are a few more pictures to let you see some of the creatures. Some are Ruth's, some mine and some Cathy's.  I'll end the narration by saying we drove home in the rain , stopped at Cracker Barrel, and downloaded the 300-400 pictures we had.  

ENJOY!