We went to Atlanta for the Alabama vs. Virginia Tech football game :)
We went with our dear friends, Katie & Adam Collins, Carrie & Jeff Neal and Gina and Bryce. We had a fabulous time!! Here are some of the highlights :)
Tailgaiting & DragonCon (Saturday)
We started tailgaiting at a Mexican restaurant on a balcony with a great view of the street. DragonCon (The largest multimedia, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music and film IN THE UNIVERSE!), mostly this means lots of great costumes on the sidewalks, GREAT for people watching!! (thanks Carrie for your pics)
Steam punk, late 1800's character, awesome intricate costume. Very popular genre of costumes
The Game.....
Virginia Tech vs Alabama - Preseason Chick-fil-a Bowl
Outfitted in our Hokie gear :) we headed to the big game....
Gina, Carrie, Katie and I together :)
The Hokies lost 10 to 35, but they player pretty well, we definitely learned where some of our weakness were. Hopefully will help us be a better team! We had great seats 4 row up on the 30 yard line!! Awesome view :) Thanks Adam!!
Sunday....
Katie, Carrie & I took a walk-about around Atlanta and saw more great costumes. Got delicious pumpkin spice lattes (first of the season!).
Then Sean and I headed to the Aquarium (the largest in the nation apparently). Here are some great pics of the aquarium.....
Sting rays, Mantas, Whalesharks & more!!! It was very cool to see manta rays & whale sharks interact, I am not sure they encounter each other in the wild.
They are the only aquarium in the nation with Whale sharks!! We have wanted to dive with whalesharks since our first dive trip together!! They are incredible animals!! These whale sharks were shipped to the aquarium via UPS (on planes!!!) from Taiwan!!!! Pretty amazing. You can actually scuba dive (or snorkel) with them in the tanks, but you have to make your reservations 3 months in advance, so no diving or snorkeling for us this weekend :)
Baluga whale & Sean :) They are soo cute! Very playful, lots of fun to watch.
Penguins
River otters. Also very playful, hard to take picutres, bc they never slowed down.
The aquarium was a great end to an amazing weekend!! We plan to go back someday, maybe even take little William.
Location:Atlanta, Georgia
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