A Fishy Day

Today we chose to go on our April Date-a day at Mote Marine Aquarium and dinner at Anna Maria Oyster Bar. It was a good day to do so since we were having storms come through our area. 

We used our season passes and ran through the raindrops into the Aquarium. We have lived here almost 13 years and hadn't ever been here and we were pleasantly surprised.

It was a nice place with a lot of different tanks and a variety of beautiful creatures. It once again reminded me that God is such an amazing creative Creator. I loved the lion fish and the jelly fish and all of the sea horses they breed and raise.

A little octopus that enjoys playing with Legos

Seahorses that are about 1 month old. The zip ties help them learn to use their tails to grip.

This turtle had been injured and didn't have the use of his back legs.

 We saw sharks and manatees and even a dolphin that had been injured 9 years ago and now lived there due to a liver condition-we were able to watch a training session. They had a hospital there for animals and a bird sanctuary for injured seabirds as well.

There are 3 locations for this restaurant and we tried the one that we had not visited before. We made it before the early bird hours were over and our gift card covered our entire meal!! Bill had all-you-can-eat fish and chips and I enjoyed a coconut covered Talapia-yum!!

Today we saw just a small variety of the sea animals that God created on the 5th day of creation.

Genesis 1:20-23

  20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

   21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

   22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

   23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

 It once again reminded me what an amazing God we have. God allowed us to have so many different varieties of creatures to enjoy one day at a time.