Vacation-Part 2: Oklahoma Aquarium

After spending a night at the Marriott in Tulsa we woke up bright and early to head to the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks. The hotel we stayed in was very nice, the nicest hotel I have ever stayed in. And I'm pretty sure it's the nicest hotel Wyatt's stayed in since it was his first one.

Enjoying the view from the fourth floor.

He loved the big windows and that he could stand so close to them.

That morning we headed to the Oklahoma Aquarium. I was super excited since I had no idea that there was even an aquarium in Oklahoma.

Sitting with the Bull Sharks statue and actually smiling. :)

 The beginning of the aquarium was very cool because it was all hands on. They had large shrimp, horseshoe crabs, and star fish that you could pick up and handle. They had helpers around that would assist you and they also had great signs that told you about each animal and how to handle them.

Dad picking up large shrimp. They kept swimming around and Mike said they felt so weird going through his hand.

Horseshoe Crabs

Mike touched them but Wyatt wouldn't. He just wanted to look at them.

He liked standing there and watching them swim around.

This was a giant water box of turtles. There were several dozen of them in the box and they swam around constantly waiting to be fed by someone.

Now he sees them and has to wave "hi".

Then we went into this section of the aquarium that was about river animals; otters and beavers. They had a beaver that was sitting and eating and then there was a camera inside the beaver den to see the ones in there.

Here he is matching the fish that are swimming around the tank.

Stingray pond

With Momma in a replica of a shark cage that divers use to view sharks. As you can see from this picture this is pretty much the end of aquarium tour and he is ready to GO.