The exhibits were interesting. They even had month-old baby seahorses! They were so tiny. I have no idea how they survive in the wild.
The rainforest exhibit had a two-toed sloth who actually started moving while we were there. It was beautiful!
They also had a special exhibit about jellyfish which was fascinating. The purpose of the exhibit was to demonstrate how jellies have taken over locations where they are not native and how destructive that is to the environment. They even had some jellies there. They look so beautiful.
And the Australia exhibit was great, too. How some of those animals survive the weather extremes in Australia, I will never fully understand. They had a fish that spit water to knock bugs off low-hanging leaves! And even though we didn’t get to hear the kookaburra laugh, we did get to see one.
Our next stop of the day was Fort McHenry. Mom and I had been there before, but we didn’t really remember much of it.
When we got there, the Pride of Baltimore II was sailing in the harbor. Except for the cargo ships, other vessels and the bridge in the background, this could be a scene straight from the 1800s.
We also managed to be there to see the flag-changing ceremony.
The weirdest thing is the statue of Orpheus with the Awkward Foot on the grounds outside the fort. The statue was the winning submission in a contest to mark the centennial of the writing of “The Star-spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key.
What in the world does that have to do with the flag? Or the poem? So strange.
We spent the next day lazing around the hotel and going to the movies.
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