Ok, this first picture isn't from our anniversary trip, but I had to post it because I was excited to use my cookie press. :) Aren't they pretty? They were very tasty too, and didn't last long in this house!
On to our trip to Chattanooga... or rather Atlanta and Chattanooga. Due to the number of pictures I wanted to post, there will be two different posts. Friday night (the 16th) we headed down to Chattanooga and stayed at a hotel there. Saturday morning, we drove another 2 hours down to Atlanta to go to the aquarium down there. We had heard it was really big and had a special exhibit of Titanic artifacts on display until April. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the Titanic display, but it was an awesome experience to see different artifacts and read about different people's experiences. The Atlanta Aquarium was definitely huge, that's for sure... here are some pictures. These are nettles, no they're not jellyfish, they're nettles... a bit different, but still very pretty.
This is the giant fish wall where all the little kids were camping out. I just love all the colors.
They had a moving sidewalk that went underneath the aquarium, and we found this GIANT grouper. I know the picture's not that great, but Jason's there so you can see the size comparison. That would be some good eatin'!
They had these grey sharks too, which are baleen sharks only. They were very large, and interesting to see close up... just really hard to get a good picture of them! I liked this picture because you can see all the little fishies underneath it that were swimming along with him.
This aquarium even had whales... beluga whales. :) I've never really watched the way a Beluga swims around, but they have some strange movements they can make.
How would you like to see this looking back at you? Luckily these were all babies, and on the other side of the glass. :)
We drove back to Chattanooga and still had the early evening to do something, so we went to the Tennessee Aquarium. These next pictures are from the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, I think. I thought I would remember which ones were which place, but now I can't remember... oh goodness! Here's Jason looking for the 4 or 5 snakes that were in this tank. I'm not a big fan of snakes, but he loves them. There was actually one right in the corner next to his hand, but there is glass there, so he's ok... I think that one was a rattlesnake of some sort.
This is a wood duck. Jason wants to kill one of these and mount it in our house. Jury's still out if I want another duck on our walls... but it is a very pretty duck, so if we ever get another duck mounted, it would probably be this one, and ONLY this one!
This is the largest tortoise shell... pretty big, I think.
They had a butterfly room there too. This was the only butterfly I could get a picture of because not many of them would sit still long enough before flying off. Jason had a pretty blue one land on him while we were in there, but by the time I got my camera ready, it flew away.
And here's one last random fish... I just like the colors he has.
So this was our Saturday in Atlanta and Chattanooga. The next post will be Sunday's adventure. :)
On to our trip to Chattanooga... or rather Atlanta and Chattanooga. Due to the number of pictures I wanted to post, there will be two different posts. Friday night (the 16th) we headed down to Chattanooga and stayed at a hotel there. Saturday morning, we drove another 2 hours down to Atlanta to go to the aquarium down there. We had heard it was really big and had a special exhibit of Titanic artifacts on display until April. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the Titanic display, but it was an awesome experience to see different artifacts and read about different people's experiences. The Atlanta Aquarium was definitely huge, that's for sure... here are some pictures. These are nettles, no they're not jellyfish, they're nettles... a bit different, but still very pretty.
This is the giant fish wall where all the little kids were camping out. I just love all the colors.
They had a moving sidewalk that went underneath the aquarium, and we found this GIANT grouper. I know the picture's not that great, but Jason's there so you can see the size comparison. That would be some good eatin'!
They had these grey sharks too, which are baleen sharks only. They were very large, and interesting to see close up... just really hard to get a good picture of them! I liked this picture because you can see all the little fishies underneath it that were swimming along with him.
This aquarium even had whales... beluga whales. :) I've never really watched the way a Beluga swims around, but they have some strange movements they can make.
How would you like to see this looking back at you? Luckily these were all babies, and on the other side of the glass. :)
We drove back to Chattanooga and still had the early evening to do something, so we went to the Tennessee Aquarium. These next pictures are from the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, I think. I thought I would remember which ones were which place, but now I can't remember... oh goodness! Here's Jason looking for the 4 or 5 snakes that were in this tank. I'm not a big fan of snakes, but he loves them. There was actually one right in the corner next to his hand, but there is glass there, so he's ok... I think that one was a rattlesnake of some sort.
This is a wood duck. Jason wants to kill one of these and mount it in our house. Jury's still out if I want another duck on our walls... but it is a very pretty duck, so if we ever get another duck mounted, it would probably be this one, and ONLY this one!
This is the largest tortoise shell... pretty big, I think.
They had a butterfly room there too. This was the only butterfly I could get a picture of because not many of them would sit still long enough before flying off. Jason had a pretty blue one land on him while we were in there, but by the time I got my camera ready, it flew away.
And here's one last random fish... I just like the colors he has.
So this was our Saturday in Atlanta and Chattanooga. The next post will be Sunday's adventure. :)
