Penguin Palooza!

We stayed overnight in Cincinnati and spent our last vacation day at Newport Aquarium!  We had heard very mixed reviews of this place with some people saying it wasn't any good to others saying that it is really nice.  We were very torn to say the least.  We ended up deciding that we should just go and see for ourselves.  The results.... we liked it! but... it is REALLY overpriced.  They have some great exhibits and interesting animals to look at, but it costs way too much for the size of the place and the length of time it takes to go through it.

So, what did we see? 

Rocky!  We met him outside before going into Newport.  

Obviously you can tell that Olivia LOVED him and didn't want to let him go! 

We also saw the Penguin Parade where they brought out some penguins for us to look at up close!

We also got to touch some animals--like this Horseshoe crab, a spider crab and some sharks...

well, not quite this big!

They had a really cool jellyfish exhibit!  Hi kids!

This is an American crocodile in a really cool exhibit where they were on both sides of a walking path

and could swim underneath the path which was glass! 

 I can't remember the name of this guy, but he was really cool!

Stingray shark swimming above us!

Jake with the puffer fish!

Sharks!

 

 Penguin friends!

Maybe you can tell from these pictures that we were just a little bit tired from our trip!  It was really 6 days long since we went to Tennessee and then to Cincinnati.  We did have a great time though and the kids are already asking when we are going on another trip! :)