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Yesterday we went to visit Shedd Aquarium...in the rain. Yep, we have hit some major rain here in Chicago. In fact, looks like it will be raining again today...
But, since we drove and have the Xterra, we are prepared. I have rain ponchos stored in the back! After breakfast, we found our bus stop and headed to the Museum Campus. We were delighted to be riding on a Clean Air Hybrid Bus which was recently purchased by the city of Chicago with stimulus funds...our tax dollars at work! It should make a huge difference in the air quality here in Chicago as well.
We spent the day at the Shedd Aquarium enjoying the sights of the lovely fish.
Here are some highlights:
One, my flip camera is so awesome! I can take videos of these lovely sea creatures that before I couldn't get a good photo of due to the glass and the water combination. My favorites: jellyfish and seadragons. You can see them too in the video below.
Katrina enjoyed the watching the penguins and playing in the penguin cove. It was love at first sight!
Jack got to add another water bubble thingy to his collection. We also discovered that there is kerosene inside of these things!!!!! One fell to the concrete floor and broke (even though it was plastic). Nasty!
The other fun thing we did was watch Planet Earth (about 10 minutes) in 4D. Nothing like feeling the cold breeze of the arctic wind or feeling the spray of the ocean!
