We Love The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga!

in #travel7 years ago

Jerry Banfield with Tickets The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Will you experience the The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN with me because this post is filled with beautiful pictures of our ocean and river journey? I made this visit with my family in September 2017 while we were evacuating hurricane Irma. The Tennessee Aquarium was kind enough to give us a special event discount on our tickets!

The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga has two buildings. The first in the picture above is the ocean journey which I recommend seeing first and then this the second the river journey. We went for several hours two days in a row in order to experience it all!

Jerry Banfield at The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

My daughter Madeleine says hi!

Jerry Banfield with Madeleine The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Jerry Banfield with Madeleine 2 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

If you would like a video walkthrough, here it is!

View of the Tennessee River!

Jerry Banfield rocking chairs The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga 2.JPG

Tennessee River The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga 2.JPG

We visited the penguin exhibit first!

Penguin exhibit reflection The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga 2.JPG

Those are not real mountains in the background ...

Pengiuns up close The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga 2.JPG

Madeleine loves the penguins!

Madeleine loves penguins The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Next on to the main tank!

Ocean exhibit main tank 1 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Ocean exhibit main tank 2 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Shark tank featuring music in my head by Akon "Locked Up"

Jerry Banfield shark tank The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

So many colors!

Colorful fish The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

With a life being afraid of being stung by jellyfish at the beach, it is nice to see how beautiful they look from a safe distance!

Jelly fish The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Jellyfish The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Am I in there with the crab?

Crab The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

The sharks swim peacefully with the other fish!

Shark left side The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Here he comes back!

Here shark comes The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Majestic!

Majestic shark The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

So many types of fish in the tank it is challenging to identify even a fraction of the ones on the sign!

Permit and doctorfish sign The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Awesome under the tank underwater view!

Under the tank underwater view The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

The cave type experience underneath the largest tank was impressive!

Cave experience under tank The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

What's up turtle?

What is up turtle The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

An entire wall of jellyfish!

Wall of jellyfish The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Wall of jellyfish 2 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Wall of jellyfish 3 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Wall of jellyfish 4 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

View of the river journey building from the ocean journey building!

View of the river journey building from the ocean journey The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Stingray touch tank!

Stingray touch tank The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

We found Dory!

We found Dory stingray touch tank The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Dory The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Dory closer The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

He's in there!

Touching stingrays The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

He is in there The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Butterflies!

Butterflies The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Black butterfly The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Black and orange butterfly The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

We rode the escalator up and down at least 10 times just for fun!

Escalator The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Escalator 2 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Escalator 3 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Escalator 4 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Escalator 5 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Escalator 6 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Escalator 7 The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Seahorse!

Sea Horse The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Seahorses!

Seahorses The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

These dragon looking seahorses are definitely from another planet!

Dragon Seahorses The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Hello again!

Jerry Banfield river journey The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

I forgot the name of this so I named it honey badger.

honey badger The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Another picture of the Jerry Banfield body.

Jerry Banfield river journey waterfall The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Madeleine studies the fish carefully in the river journey!

Madeleine studies the fish The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Little babies!

Little baby aligators The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Big alligators or crocodiles?

Big alligators The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Friends!

Albino and turtle friends The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Thank you for experiencing our journey through the Tennessee Aquarium! See you real soon!

Jerry Banfield portrait The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.JPG

Love,
Jerry Banfield

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I bet as you where walking around, you wish you could tell everyone about crypto huh

Well @jerrybanfield ! I know you're not in there with the crab, BUT is this a real crab or a ghost?! 😱 I noticed a baby face on its belly!!!!!

picture reference: cropped from jerrybanfield's picture posted above.

If this is real!!!.. Wowww! :)))))
I really need to know.. and thanks a lot for the lovely post and amazing picture! ...Sea World is so fascinating

Top comment right here, ladies and gents.

thank you @lexiconical. I am so curious about this crab...

That is awesome I did not notice that!

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Perfect post Jerry Banfield awesome video and photo thank you so much for sharing

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Thank You Jerry... Really enjoyed Your Video...

...AND You actually FOUND Dory... in all places... hiding out in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Perhaps Walt Disney will give You a "Finder's Fee"...

Also, enjoyed Your occassional self-deprecating comments... and the short conversation with the little girl.

Well Done Jerry... You are a Really Fun Dad for Your kids !!

Cheers !!

Quality time with a daughter or son is keen, so important to strength bonds, trust....I' m going to the Madrid Zoo on tuesday. Thank U for sharing healthy family values

So very nice pictures, thank you for sharing.
Have voted for you as a witness.
Take care.

Thank you! I enjoyed reading your blog today which is so open about sex and I will be voting your posts up to support you! Would you keep sharing more stories about your life because this will help us get to know you best?

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I was wondering if that was a good place to go. I went to Asheville, NC . I'll Chatanooga in mind for next time. Were all the hotels sold out there?

We got an airbnb house in Chatanooga which was lovely!

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This seems a nice place for a family visit. Say Hi to Madeleine. She seems loving the place. I hope you had some good time their with your daughter.

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Some body had more fun than you is the baby very nice thanks for sharing c sh

Nice trip, looks like both of you enjoyed the aquarium. Some of the pics show whales, are they in a cave?