I went to the Houston Downtown Aquarium on Monday for my 24th. It was a lot of fun, but I can never take time off from work again. Long story. Aquarium pictures here:
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/beladona_took/Houston%20Aquarium/?start=all They're all pretty blurry, but it was awesome. And I got to touch a shark! A little bamboo shark, but he was beautiful. I also discovered that rays are the attention-whore puppies of the sea. Very cute :)
My favorite was this beautiful female black tip reef shark in the big tank in the restaurant. She couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 feet long and she was fast! I got a couple of pics, but she is very out of focus. Ah well. I need a camera other than my phone it would seem. But Austin needs an aquarium. I figure one is just as unlikely as the other.
When I go back to MD though I'm making someone, anyone, take me back to the national aquarium in Baltimore.