It has been several years since my children went to the Aquarium. We used to have a membership at the one in Baltimore, but then we started going to the Science Center more before we moved. So, my children were expecting a dolphin show and a different experience than the one we got, but we found the one in Denver to be plenty interesting and lots of fun too. We invited my parents and our neighbor to go with us. We started the morning with some shopping along the way and met my brother downtown for lunch. Then it was off to the Aquarium. These photos aren't in the order that we saw them, but they show most of the great things we were able to see and do.
A highlight was getting to pet some of the animals. Here LittleBuddy was holding a small fish between the knuckles of his second and third fingers and waiting for. . .
a sting ray to come eat it out of his hand. (I only had my slower cell phone, instead of my dSLR, . . . felt lucky to have the ones I did turn out.) He LOVED it and when the person next to him walked away from the fish they had bought, my guy didn't want those little fishies to go to waste, so he fed some more.
There was a large shark tank where we also saw a swordfish that must have been about 12 feet long.
The jelly fish are always so creepy and interesting at the same time.
Little clown fish among the anemones - Nemo has made clown fish be among my children's favorites, as old as they are.
So many beautiful fish swimming among the coral.
So many large fish here too. The tanks were full and fascinating to watch.
In one part of the shark tank there were mermaids doing tricks.
I tried hard to get good photos of the many large turtles we saw. I love watching them. . . old souls swimming around in peace. . . they are among my favorites.
One of my favorite parts of the day was seeing MyGirl enjoy her time there so much. It was her idea that we go and it was a great idea!
We all got to pet a small tiger shark. Even I did it. . . slightly rough and rubbery. Fortunately, the guy laid still. . . pretty sure I would have freaked if he'd turned and opened his mouth.
Outside there was a line that formed getting inside, with it being Spring Break and all, but we were entertained with, I believe, a golden Eagle and its trainer.
Inside, one of the things that I really enjoyed was having things swim over our heads. However, this shark just liked to sit on the glass archway, and gave us a pretty cool view of the side of him we don't usually see.
I love lobster - eating them and watching them. Eating them more, however. Those were some fine food memories of our trip to Massachusetts.
Here's an interesting turtle. I enjoyed his coloring. LittleBuddy is so good to pose for all my pictures still.
We loved the otters. They were swimming and flipping and diving all over their exhibit. It was hard to get a good photo of them unless they rose to the surface.
Look at the scales on this guy. . . many fish here were over a foot long. It was fun to see them all so close.
Last, but not least, I was surprised they had tigers here. They were part of the rainforest exhibit and the water the tigers could play in was also filled with plenty of fish of all sizes.
There were two in the exhibit and they gave us quite a show, walking all over the place, climbing on the rocks and several times coming right down to the windows and getting up close and personal.
I felt lucky to get this photo as he was walking right in front of me. He was hungry. He was shaking his food boxes that were out of steak and on the hunt looking for something good to eat. So glad there was glass there! So cool too, to watch them. Fun day. Fun memory.
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