Moody Gardens

Since me and my two younger sisters are homeschooled (see home school section of this blog for further info) we get to do fun field trips that are often also valued family time.  Recently, we got to go to Moody Gardens to visit the Aquarium and Rainforest pyramids.

          We really enjoyed getting to see all the different types of animals and where they live.  Especially the penguins in the aquarium and the monkeys in the rainforest.  While we were there enjoying ourselves we were able to learn interesting facts about all the cool animals and get pretty up close and personal with some of them to.  This up close business came in the rainforest because it is mostly true rainforest with no glass walls restricting the wondrous creatures from walking right up to you to say hello. Although there were often times in the Aquarium the underwater creatures would get very close to the glass, especially the seals, and it would feel like you could reach out and touch them.  Speaking of the seals they were very amusing, it was like they knew they had an audience so it was time to turn on the charm and do a bit of showing off and that is exactly what they did.  They would swim out of sight to the far end of the tank and then come racing back dive deep and do a flip and a twist to come back up, this causing their bodies to often rub up against the glass we were watching through.  Occasionally, people who weren't paying close attention, me , would turn around and get quite a scare when they all of a sudden see a large seal head aimed right at them just for it to dive in the other direction right before getting to the glass.

All in all Moody Gardens was a great place to visit and have some fun as a family.  We can't wait to go back again sometime soon.