Continuing the festivities of the final weekend before the start of school, we took Rachel to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. It closes at 6:30, and I was manic to get there in time to give us enough time to explore the place (like, 5 hours). Tickets are also really expensive -- $25 for kids; $36 for adults -- and I wanted to make sure we saw everything we could.
And, boy, were we not disappointed. Four floors of amazing stuff -- a rainforest up top (which is closing temporarily for renovations, and New Year's Day weekend was our last opportunity to catch it before it closed), a big tank where they feed gigantic turtles, a shark tank where they had a scuba diver talk remotely about the feeding and care of the sharks, a dolphin exhibit where they had the dolphins do tricks and explained all about their care and feeding (although it was not as exploitative, or at least didn't feel as exploitative) as Sea World. There were constant animal demonstrations going on throughout the day, so we got to see turtles on land respond to treats, and the dolphin trainers with the dolphins, and the shark guy...we stayed until the place closed and got a real good sense of things. Which is why we now want to take all our visitors there!
For dinner we went to Phillips, a cool, longtime seafood place right on the water that is very family friendly. Rachel and I dozed a bit on the way home, and after we put her to bed Drew and I watched another episode of "House of Cards." (We finished it, finally, last weekend and are eagerly awaiting Season 4). All in all, it was a great day!
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