The Penguins

Georgia Aquarium

I used to have a thing for penguins. I suppose it was because my daughter-in-law Tina was collecting them, so it kind of rubbed off on me. I used to search ebay and yard sales for little ceramic penguins, statues, pictures, or stuffed penguins to give to her. She had quite a collection, so I bought her a four shelf display case to keep them in. That was about 10 years ago. She divorced my son back in about 2003 or 4. I loved her dearly and we had many good times together. (She had Andrew just 10 months after Nick was born, so my son and my Grandson are almost the same age.) Anyway, I can't see a penguin now without a pain in my heart, I still love them, but I don't buy little penguin figurines anymore.

Georgia Aquarium

The kids and I spent the day at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. This requires a trip to a place that I seldom visit, "the big city of Atlanta." When I do go there it reminds me of being back in Los Angeles. The traffic is about the same, the people are almost as rude, and parking is at a premium. It costs $10.00 to park in the lot at the Aquarium or anywhere near. And even then it took us about 30 minutes to find a parking spot. We had to wait until someone pulled out, and then we pulled in behind them. But you have to be quick. For every space that is vacated, there about five cars that want the space.

We had a good time, my family all loves watching fish swim. I took many pictures and a few movies of my favorites. My new camera takes either. I am going to post a couple of the shorter clips, some that I took were quite long and it takes quite a while for them to load. Since it is pretty late I doubt I will post more than a few. My favorite's the otters...

Sea Horse

Otters

Atlanta Aquarium

A couple of years ago they opened a brand new aquarium in Atlanta. We went to see it on opening day. If you like fish this is a nice place to spend a quiet afternoon. We had a great time watching the different types of fish and other aquatic life. My favorites were the sea otters.

They looked to be quite content and enjoying life, and seemed to really enjoy the crowd of people who always gathered to watch them. They were resting when I got my pictures, it is hard to take pictures of them when they are cavorting in the water. They move pretty fast.