More fish

We went to the GA Aquarium on Monday, late morning. I think it's the best day, and time, to go. We managed to avoid the mad rush at opening, the afternoon elementary school arrivals, and the cleaning crews. I'm still not thrilled with their prices.

When they opened in late 2005, the price for an adult admission was $22. It is now $27 -- up one dollar since April 10. See this post for more information. All the prices are up. AGAIN. But I digress.

It is definitely a neat place. They have many nifty exhibits, though the new addition being built for dolphins has made the current tour smaller and less accessible. The one exception to that is the penguins -- they are much easier to watch. Dominic loved that. The Beluga whales are very impressive, but the whale sharks are my favorite. They are in a 6.3 million gallon tank which looks like a huge personal aquarium.


We had a lot of fun this visit; even my Dad was impressed. This was Mom's second visit, and she had a grand time yet again. Yes, it is pricey. I hate to think of spending that kind of money to look at fish, but I've been there three times since it opened and I still enjoy it. If you get the chance, you should go. Just make sure to keep your eyes closed when exiting the building; you have to leave through the gift shop.

Fishies!

We went to the Oklahoma Aquarium while visiting Tulsa last week. Dominic loves fish, fish of any kind.

We had fun. It was small but well-organized and had quite a vast number of fish! We saw many different kinds and colors. There was a rather cool shark tank exhibit and various areas to touch real creatures; horseshoe crabs, sting rays, star fish and shark eggs. Dominic would not touch the star fish; it felt like rock. I didn't want to touch the shark eggs. Ick.

They had an octopus, lots of jelly fish, sea horses, eels, and big snails. It's not too pricey, there is lots of room to see the fish (very unlike the GA Aquarium), and there was lots of see and do.

- Ju