Weekend in Galveston....Sat..Moody Gardens

On Saturday we woke up and knew it was a chance of rain but the weather man said just in the morning then the sun would burn the fog off and it would be sunny. BOY WAS HE WRONG!!! We woke up and went down to enjoy our free continental breakfast. Not bad of a selection..4 varieties of cereal, muffins, bagels, cinnamon raisin bread,danish, toast, oatmeal, and waffles in the shape of texas you could make yourself. Plus juices, coffee and tea. Hailey loved the breakfast but too many varieties made for her to not eat as well..but we were on a vacation/adventure so we did not fuss too much.

We decided that since it was so foggy and chilly out we would head over to Moody Gardens and check out what time the imax shows and the Colonel Paddlewheel boat ride were. We also were going to check out if the Sea turtle tour place on the island was still active. We headed over to Moody Gardens, found out the times and got tickets to "Wild Ocean: where Africa meets the Sea" 3 D Imax. We had some time to kill so we went in to the aquarium. Hailey loves it there. She immediatley runs to the Penguins and then screams to see the Sharks.


This guy was floating right up to the glass and just watching us. Glenne said he was saying to everyone else"hey here come the humans again lets see what they are gonna do." The water level is right about Hailey's height, maybe a little lower so she is right there with them.
The penguins hanging out

Same guy again....he was just hanging....he had these feathers on the side that looked like really long eyebrows.

The carribean reef area....where the sharks are. Love this picture with the shark and sea turtle just swimming around

love the sea turtles.........

This was some kind of eel. I can't remember the name. Hailey was fascinated by this thing. she sat there for a good 5 min or more watching this eel. He kept opening and closing its mouth and she would yell at it to not eat the other fish. She even remembered it later on that day when we saw it again.

Another view of the eel....sorry for the pics being so dark but if the flash was on that is all you would see with the aquarium glass

The shark cage they had there...she made this face on her own

Hailey and Mommy in the shark cage

As we were leaving we saw this cage with the divers taking the sea turtle...Glenne took the picture of their butts. Don't know why they were taking him away. He was not there later on in the day.

Here is that eel again. This is a room where its on the other side..the darker end where you can get a better look of the shark,etc.

We passed these cut outs going to see our movie and Hailey had to get her pictures taken in them

Here is the 3 D glasses

Hailey and Mommy in the cut outs

Hailey and Daddy in the cut outs

next up....the Colonel Paddle Wheel Boat ride...and some saturday shots