More About the Georgia Aquarium

The Georgia Aquarium bills itself as the largest in the world.  It *is* large, but not well suited to large crowds.  The whole experience felt like a tourist trap.  A souvenir picture was taken before we even entered the building--everyone's picture was taken (as an aside, the picture came out really good and I ordered an 8x10).   The exit is through the the gift shop and one of the attractions dumps you out into the cafeteria.

The tunnel was neat, but we have the Newport Aquarium in Oregon that has a  walk through tunnel.  Perhaps that why we were a bit underwhelmed.

I'm glad we went and Jake was particularly happy--he loves aquariums.

It was tough to take pictures due to the crowds, but I'll share some of the ones I took. 

Georgia Aquarium

I have limited wifi right now, but we are currently south of Atlanta, GA in Jackson.  The RV park is horrible.  Everyone, and I mean *everyone* smokes everywhere--in the office, in the bathroom, on the grounds, in the shower.   ::shudder:::  We will be happy to leave the park.

We visited the Georgia Aquarium today. Right in the middle of downtown Atlanta.  Great aquarium (very expensive too) but waaaayyyy too many people.  There were some exhibits that you, literally, could not even move through.

I have some pictures, but will have to wait until we have better wifi to upload them.

Stuck in Valdosta, Georgia

About two hours into our trip today, a kind trucker signaled for us to pull over.  Our tire on our trailer was seized and smoking.  Sigh.

After about an hour wait, AAA showed up and towed us to a service center.  It appears that the ball bearings will need to be replaced.  We don't yet know how long this will take--fortunately, we have a few days of wiggle room, but we really want to visit the Georgia Aquarium and Colonial Williamsburg before stopping for a few days in Maryland.

Here's hoping for a quick (and not too expensive) fix......

In the meantime, we visited a buffet here in Voldosta.  I had some fried okra, some sort of mushy meat meal thing with gravy and some really spicy cucumber salad.  Yum.

The waiter appeared to be laughing at us a bit. I'm not sure if it was because we talked funny--or maybe because we sampled each, and every thing at the buffet.  We did thank him when he removed our plates and refilled our soda and he laughed then too.  I don't know, but I did enjoy the food.