We spent a marvelous day at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, an incredible complex that is the third largest aquarium in the world behind newer ones in Singapore and China. Its variety of tanks and displays hold 11 million gallons of saltwater including the 6.3 million main tank which features two 26-foot whale sharks.
The Georgia Aquarium opened in 2005 after a $250 million donation from Bernard Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot.
On the way to the aquarium we walked through Centennial Park, site of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
We spent five hours exploring many themes throughout the aquarium and saw the bottlenose dolphin and California sea lion shows (photography not permitted).
Rather than trying to describe all that we saw, I’ll offer a collection of our favorites images. For lunch we had chicken and waffles — it seems to be a must in the south, so we went along with our growing tests of regional cuisine. Good but not overly impressed.
Here we go:
Tomorrow we continue north, stopping for a couple of days in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, our 10th and final national park on this trip.
T&C Southwest Adventure 2021 
Amazing. Was not aware of the Atlanta Aquarium. Glad the blog is back. How was the traffic? The Great Smokies should be nice this time of year. You’re on the homestretch of a wonderful adventure. Thanks for sharing.
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