It was nice to take the afternoon off to go to the Aquarium with the Mr.

Of course we had a heck of a time finding a parking spot, that was to be expected. After driving around for a little while we found underground parking. But before we could park we had to show ID and have the car searched. The lady was nice about it except when she said that I look a lot younger in person than I do in my drivers license picture. “huh?”, I said. “This pictures makes you look old” she responded.

We park and go up on the elevator. We get off and there’s a security check point but we are in front of it. “This is going to be nice getting back to the lot” I said. We walk outside and I see that we were just in the Customs Office. We walk across the street to the aquarium and once again are greeted by a security checkpoint. “Goodness! In the aquarium!!” I say. The Mr. reminded me that I was in a federal building. “Oh yes, you see I don’t think about stuff like that. My mind is still in Michigan and we don’t have all this interrogation protection”

The inside of the aquarium reminded me of a prison. I was surprised at how little there was to see. There were a lot of signs mentioning renovations and such. One lady even walked up to the cashier and asked “is this it?”

We sat down on the bench for awhile to people watch and then we walked back across the street. Of course were faced with another security checkpoint.

For a 10-15 minute walk through of the aquarium it cost: $5.00 per ticket, $14.00 for parking.

National Aquarium

14th & Constitution Ave. NW Washinton, DC 20230

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