That Georgia Biologist

Last month I had the opportunity to go take a break from school and spend a week or so with my family down in Tennessee! As you might imagine, I had a lot of fun doing so...and one of the many fun things we did together was visit the Tennessee Aquarium! Hands down, the Aquarium is Chattanooga's star attraction, even over Point Park or Chickamauga in my opinion. It is such high quality and I really really love seeing all the animals there! My parents have taken me there many a time in the last eleven years or so and it is always such a pleasure to visit. One fun thing that we did on this visit was to hit up as many of the keeper talks as possible. I had not realized until recently that the Tennessee Aquarium has keepers and divers come into their exhibits multiple times a day - not just to feed the animals, but also to educate the public about the creatures. My family and I had never attended any of the talks, and doing so on this visit was so much fun. Great 10-15 minute chats ...

Hey everyone! So in addition to Warren Dunes State Park, my family and I also visited Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore while they were here! Indiana Dunes is located in Indiana, duh, on the small strip of Lake Michigan coast line that Indiana can lay claim to. It's intermixed like a potluck (here a little, there a little, etc.) with industry and the ever-reaching urban extensions of Chicago. So while I never felt like, "ahhhh....I'm in a national park" sort of relief that I do when I go to the Smokies or Mammoth Cave, I still did have a very fun time with my family exploring what the park had to offer. I was excited to visit Indiana Dunes as it is a national park (yay stamp!!), plus it looked like there were some pretty cool things there - beach, trails, old pioneer homes to name a few. Sounded like a recipe for a good time to me! :D Anyway, the first place we went was West Beach. West Beach is a popular beach at the park (duh) and I'm happy we got there ea...