National Aquarium

Earlier this month, we took the boys to the National Aquarium in DC, there is also one in Baltimore, that is alot more expensive and I believe bigger. The website said sharks, alligators, and 70 tanks of fish and underwater creatures. Cool right? Well, Goose and Iceman really had a lot of fun. Maverick and I were a little disappointed. I think we were expecting a Smithsonian Museum (this aquarium is not a Smithsonian) or a mini Sea World (well the shark tank anyway). They did have the sharks and alligators all of which were 2 feet long or smaller. The tanks did have a variety of fish that were fun to see, but it reminded me of the fish section at a Petco. Needless to say we paid $5 an adult and $2.50 for Iceman. So for $12.50 we went to a glorified pet store. The boys did have fun looking at all the animals, which did make it worth it, but we wanted to see big alligators!

Here are a couple of pictures of the boys looking at a tank of Tropical Fish. Goose really liked these fish.

Here is the biggest shark that was in the tank. You can see it just to the left of Iceman's head. It was the only one that was actually swimming around of the 8 or so that were in the tank.

Maverick and Iceman looking for a Salamandor. All of the tanks were too high for Iceman to look into, so we had to lift him to see all of the different sea creatures.

And last but not least the Alligators. They were named Crunchy and Munchy.