Our last day in Boston was spent at the New England Aquarium!
The first thing you see when you walk in the Aquarium is the massive Penguin exhibit, it covers most of the first floor. They have two kinds of penguins here, The African penguins which are also known as jackass penguins for their loud call, which sounds like a donkey’s bray, and the rockhoppers who are popular for their punk-rock hairdo of wild yellow feathers.
Sea Dragons are one of my favorite things to see at an aquarium, they are fascinating to watch and are masters at camouflage.
I also love watching the jelly fish, they are mesmerizing.
The main focal point, in the middle of the aquarium is the Giant Ocean Tank. The four-story Ocean Tank features a coral reef, an underwater communications system, large windows, and hundreds of Caribbean reef animals, including sea turtles, stingrays, eels, and fishes. It is 40 feet wide and holds 200,000 gallons of salt water. This exhibit is so big that it was built first, and then the rest of the Aquarium was built around it.
The unchallenged star of the exhibit is Myrtle the green sea turtle. Myrtle has lived at the Aquarium since June 1970. The entire time we were at the Aquarium, Mom and I were trying to get a glimpse of Myrtle every time we walked by the tank, and we kept missing her! Then, when we had reached the top floor and were getting ready to leave, we saw her! She swam by us for a long time, she is one elegant sea turtle!
For our last dinner of the trip, we ate at the oldest restaurant in America, The Union Oyster House.
This restaurant is huge, we had to wind through several different dining rooms before we were sat at our table.
The Union Oyster House is located right on the Freedom Trail.
In an out of character move, I ordered a lobster dish for my main course. I figured I should take advantage of being at a well known sea food restaruant on the east coast, where the sea food is nice and fresh.
It was lobster cooked in a rich, cream sauce topped with toasted, buttery bread crumbs
And that concluded our two week American history family trip! It was such an amazing trip, I had so much fun spending two full weeks with family in three awesome cities.
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