Part of our Christmas gift from Stephanie’s parents this year was some time at a timeshare.  We decided we would use the time before the baby gets here, and so we spent the last weekend in Atlanta.  While we were there we visited Zoo Atlanta and the Georgia Aquarium.  I have put up photos from this trip for any who are interested.  A lot of the pictures from the aquarium turned out much better than I had expected.

A few comments

• The elephant will hold a paint brush in its nose and create elephant art.  That was interesting to watch.

• Apparently dried up Christmas trees are a part of the wallaby’s natural habtat?  Actually they had these in several of the exhibits, I guess some kind of recycling program or something.

• The zoo had a baby panda, possibly God’s cutest creation.  The adult pandas must not appreciate this because they won’t breed even to save their species.

• I have determined that Bowser King of the Koopa is in fact not a Koopa at all, but an alligator snapping turtle.  Apparently some Wikipedia editor agrees with me.

• In the aquarium, they had this huge wall that was filled with jellyfish that was incredibly relaxing to look at.  It was kind of like a giant screensaver, only not annoying.

• There were a couple of tanks that arced over head, and one tank that had a glass tube running through the bottom of it.  This allowed you a few places where you could look up and see sea creatures flying overhead.

• The pictures of the sea turtle turned out surprisingly well.  I guess there was just plenty of light in the area.

Michael: Hey dude. I just got back from Jamaica.
Packer: Big whoop! I was in HOTlanta. That whole town is whack!