AQUARIUM

The South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston was beautifully done.   The main show tank is a  two-story Great Ocean Tank which holds 385,000 gallons of salt water and contains hundreds of animals, including sharks, pufferfish and a loggerhead sea turtle that weighs over 220 pounds.

The Madagascar exhibit with lemurs, otters, a salt marsh aviary as well as other exhibits were great but the 4D Theater had us laughing out loud.  The film was only 15 minutes long and was Planet Earth: Shallow Seas.  OMG, you had wind blowing, your seat rumbling with the waves, mists of water spraying you, BUBBLES floating throughout the room and when a giant eel comes up to your face in 3-D, you get a poke in your back from your seat!  The four girls sitting in front of us all screamed.  It was hilarious!  If you ever get a chance to go to a 4-D theater, don't miss it.

This photo doesn't do this tank justice because it is
two stories high and the fish are huge!

Ocean Freighter coming into the harbor.
Behind it is the USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier at the
Patriots Point Museum

The Ravenel Bridge in Charleston

Isn't it amazing what I can get Bill to do!