We woke up this morning, ran through breakfast, packed up the car, and embarked on a short journey, (1.5 hr.), to Chattanooga. We then got out at our hotel, Springhill Suites again, and brought all the bags we would need for the night inside. Then we walked a few blocks over to the Tennessee Aquarium. It is supposed to be the best aquarium in the US, and I think it lived up to it’s title. There were to buildings, one for freshwater creatures, and one for saltwater ones. Inside the freshwater aquarium, we saw River Otters, HUGE lake-dwelling fish, and all sorts of other fascinating creatures. We even saw a gecko! In the saltwater aquarium, we saw sharks, sea turtles, seahorses, and lots more. The top floor of each building was like a greenhouse, with plants and caves inside, with all sorts of shallow water creatures in tanks inside the jungle. What I liked best about it though is that the atmosphere and everything in the aquarium makes it feel like you are really under the ocean, or in the forest. There was even a pretend underwater cave you could go in. It looked real, and there were sharks, sea turtles, and fishes swimming over your head and all around you. After we left the aquarium buildings, we played in the river-themed splash pool outside the buildings. (Although we did not just splash, we got soaked!) By that time we were all worn out, and went back to the hotel to eat our dinner and sleep.
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