Last visit to the Aquarium

Our family membership to the Aquarium ends at the end of this month so I took the girls one final time last week. Will was supposed to join us because he had the week off, but unfortunately he had to go into work that day. The girls and I enjoyed our membership, but to be completely honest if you've been to the Aquarium once then you really don't need to go back to see the exhibits. We mostly went for the special programs they offer.

The Aquarium just opened a 25 million dollar brand new exhibit called Restless Planet which took over three years to complete. Someone was smart about the redesign because it literally ends in the gift shop. You are forced to walk through the gift shop to exit the exhibit.

We got to see Komodo dragons, crocodiles and tons of turtles. The dragons were enormous. Part of the exhibit included a new touch tank which housed a bunch of small sea creatures like starfish and after watching them for a long time we touched them. Sophia was scared at first, but after she watched me touch one she wasn't quite as nervous about it. Lilly slammed her hand into the water as soon as she saw both of us put our hands into the water.

Sophia sat down on a fake rock at one point and actually asked me to take her picture. Of course, Lilly wanted to have her photo taken in the same spot.

We enjoyed our final visit, but not enough to renew our membership.