Georgia Aquarium

We were on our way through Georgia again on our way back home to Florida. My wife saw an exit sign that read “Georgia Aquarium, Seven Miles.” Now if you have read my previous blogs you know that my wife is a women that will put away all the plans to do something she thinks looks great, so we pulled off the interstate and headed towards this aquarium. Now we were still in our little Ford Flex which is still booking at great speeds and has a high mile per gallon engine.

This aquarium was huge… and I mean massive! We purchased a guided tour and the lady had an enormous amount of information to share with us. The most impressive part about the whole thing was the size, the lady kept reminding us that there was eight million gallons of water just behind the glass into the viewing tanks. Can you imagine an eight million gallon fish tank? Well here at the Georgia Aquarium that’s exactly what it was.

There were over 100,000 animals in their tanks, ranging from small school fish to large sharks. There are apparently over 500 animal species in these tanks, that’s just a ridiculous number. I kept thinking to myself “How could they remember all the kinds of fish they have in these tanks?” They had three beautiful beluga whales that were the highlight of our tour. My wife took a ton of pictures, it was well worth it, she got some incredible pictures of the sharks. Now if anyone knows anything about sharks you know that the whale shark is the biggest shark in the sea. Guess what? This aquarium had four of them! The Manta Rays were beautiful, we have seen them off the coast of Florida but never like this before I mean they were gorgeous.

If we ever get the opportunity to return to the aquarium we will definitely do so. Apparently it was started with a $250 million donation which doesn’t surprise me, the thing is massive. It has won award after award for its enormous size and quantity of see life. I am dead serious I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the largest aquarium on earth.