Aquarium

I'm still plugging away at July. We had so much fun on our trip, I'm committed to getting it all down here. Even if it is almost October.

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The aquarium was fun. They had a interested otter habitat and some impressively giant fish tanks. The real star was a huge model of the Great Lakes system, including the lock and dam system. Kids could see all the 5 lakes and their size comparatively as well as their depth. You could grab a little plastic boat and start in Lake Superior and travel all the way to the ocean through the lock and dam system. William in particular was In love. He couldn't get enough. John and I would stop to read a brief sign and turn around to find William long gone. This is always where we would find him. After the first 10-12 times of losing him, I quit worrying. He was ALWAYS back here again. Gemma, Amelia and John also liked this area a lot too. Just not as much as William!

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Gemma is humble. Or honest.

Boats under the bridge

Here is the boat going under the bridge. Fist warning, there is a loud boat horn in the video, so if you have your volume way up, it is going to be LOUD.

Day 2, Duluth

The moral of these pictures is if your mama tells you to put on a jacket, you should listen. These pictures crack me up. You can see William is a goofball. Gemma is a ham. Amelia is our rule follower at the moment. I asked the kids to look at me and smile and that is what she is doing. In every single picture.

The second day in Duluth, we drove roughly down to the Canal Park area. There was a special bridge we were hoping to see. I/we really had no other specific plan except the bridge. When we got close to where I thought would be a good place to view the bridge, I spied a giant playground with a giant parking lot. We were early in the day and the lot was empty.

The kids were delighted and played for awhile. We finally coaxed them away to walk the short distance to the waterfront, which is where we took the pictures. The waterfront had great access for walking and picture taking. Everyone but William was enjoying themselves. If only he had listened to his mother! We were excited to watch a boat go under the special lift bridge within a short time watching.

Just behind the waterfront was the Great Lakes Aquarium. The kids saw the sign and were super excited. I was not planning on the aquarium. The weather was nice and there were lots of things outside to see.

As I didn't really have an alternate plan, they wore me down pretty quickly and we went to investigate the aquarium.

Beach fun!

Beach fun

Kids picture.

Sometimes you get lucky. Most times I don't. Getting all 3 kids to stop their exploration was impossible!