{"id":20,"date":"2008-08-18T21:33:12","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T01:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2008-08-19T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T20:44:13","slug":"call-me-ahab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grimmfamilytales.com\/index.php\/call-me-ahab\/","title":{"rendered":"Call me Ahab"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow.\u00a0 I haven’t had much to say since I got back from Russia have I? I’ve been doing a lot of reading since I got home and today I just signed up for a knitting class.\u00a0 Aren’t you glad I’m not boring you on a daily basis with all of that excitement?<\/p>\n

I did just get back from a weekend trip to Atlanta though and so I have plenty of other things to bore you with.\u00a0 I flew down to Atlanta (my most favorite airport<\/a> ever) Friday after work.\u00a0 I was a little concerned when I checked in and did not have a seat assignment, but it all worked out okay.\u00a0 Dave’s parents were waiting for me there (his mom actually flew in about the same time as\u00a0 I did).\u00a0 We went to our hotel, checked in, waited for Dave to show up, and then all had a late dinner together.<\/p>\n

Dave’s been spending a lot of time in the sun this past month – you should see the freckles on that boy.\u00a0 Okay, you probably will see the freckles, I have pictures.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Saturday morning after Dave’s brother and his family showed up we decided to head to the Georgia Aquarium.\u00a0 We had some time to kill before the baseball game that night and we like fish.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure everyone else that was going to the Braves’ game that night had the same idea.\u00a0 The aquarium was packed.\u00a0 I’m really hoping we can go back again sometime, especially since we missed the sea turtles (my favorite).<\/p>\n

Despite the hordes of people Dave got some really nice pictures.\u00a0 He’s good like that.<\/p>\n

We saw a whole bunch of Jellyfish (Sea Nettles to be exact).<\/p>\n

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And a whole bunch of other critters too.\u00a0 This aquarium has over eight million gallons of water in it. They even had a tunnel we walked through and so were able to see the fish swimming over and all around us.\u00a0 Very cool.\u00a0 I could have sat and watched them swimming around all day.<\/p>\n

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We were trying to figure out if the fish could see us too.\u00a0 Most of them seemed pretty oblivious to all the people, except for this guy.<\/p>\n

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He was staring like that the whole time we were there.<\/p>\n

We were not limited to fish though.\u00a0 We also saw these Giant Japanese Spider Crabs.<\/p>\n

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And here is the Giant Pacific Octopus.\u00a0 Did you know that the each arm has two rows of suckers and may have has many has 1,800 of them per arm?\u00a0 That’s 14,400 suckers!<\/p>\n

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Of course our trip would not have been complete without some quality time with the penguins.\u00a0 The penguins at the Aquarium wear beaded bracelets to differentiate between them. Females wear pink and males sport blue.\u00a0 African penguins may have up to 300 feathers per square inch on their body.\u00a0 They also mate for life.\u00a0 Aren’t you glad I include all these little facts? You’ll thank me when you’re on Jeopardy.<\/p>\n

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I think we spent the most time with this Beluga Whale.\u00a0 Did you know the beluga whale is the only whale with a flexible neck?\u00a0 Well, now you do.\u00a0 The beluga whale is also called the white whale.\u00a0 This guy is not Moby Dick though, his name is Nico.\u00a0 He’s 17 years old and 12 feet long.\u00a0 He came to Georgia 3 years ago from Mexico City on a Boeing 767.<\/p>\n

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And look who else we found before we left! It’s Deepo, not to be confused with the Disney character with the simliar name.<\/p>\n

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Next post: the baseball game! You’re excited, I can tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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