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Would love to go! Lived here 2 years now and we've never been

Any idea when in July? Husbands kids will be here probably sometime around the 16th...although if it was that weekend or after I could go myself

The National Zoo is good, at least it's free. We liked the fish displays in the Amazonia Exhibit http://natzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/ Last time my husband was there he said they had a new exhibit with Endler's

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Mornings are better; is it just me, or d othe fish come out more? I actually saw the Mandarinfish (for the first time!) the last time I went, which was in the morning!

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Shinigami,
Dunno I might just have to test you on that...I know my way around blindfolded by now...and I'm easy to spot...short dorky little person with laptop and camera ....and always on sunday mornings .

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July? Depends... I will be down there one day as a trip with Summer college, but I do not know if it's that same week, and I might actually be hanging out with some friends instead (sorry!). I'm booked for the whole month of July otherwise...

If we happen to meet, I know the place like the back of my hand; I could be a tour guide there.

BTW whetu, be sure to check out the National Zoo in DC if you can. Some nice FW set-ups are there, I believe, with fish like Arapaima and stingray, if I'm not mistaken!

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YES YES YES YEEHAWW! I'd love to meet you all!

So who's all going

I'll be there is with babel's fish and plants

Ok we're going to Baltimore for two nights, leaving tomorrow (Fri) after work.

What are the plans as far as meeting on Sunday?

I'm excited

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Thanks babelfish for letting Sister Hiyo know my whereabouts. Yep, looking forward to the aquarium trip and having a whale of a time!

I believe the pier 5 hotel is really close, as in rolling out of bed close

hotels from their site....


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I dont know any names as I have only been there once. But I did notice that where was some in the area. You might want to call the aquarium or even look on the site as they might have specials with the local hotels like a package type thing.

Does anyone know what hotels are within walking distance of the Aquarium? Husband has decided it would be nice to drive into Balt on Sat and stay overnight.

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Hiyo,
Yep she's alive and well...well she was about an hour ago when I left for work ...she'll hopefully make it to the library today for some internet access....otherwise the message will be passed along.

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Hello... this is Whetu's sister here... I was just having a look on your message board see if there was any sign of my sister, you know, just to see if she was still alive and stuff. Anyway, I have now seen the evidence that she is most certainly alive. Not only that, but having a fantastic time by the looks of things! If you see her, please tell her I said hi, and I hope you all have (or had) a good time at the aquarium! Bye!

Wow, Baltimore Aquarium was pretty cool today with some of their improvements. Unfortunately, they seemed to have pretty much nuked the Pacific Reef exhibit, which was one of the best ones... The Mandarinfish now shares it's home with a few other fish, and the tank it lives in looks better now, though. I also found that they lacked their piranhas (though I somewhat ignored their tank), which I found kind of weird...

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None within walking distance shini but Barnes & Nobels has a nice tank on the second floor...even if they do have the angels marked wrong .


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Babel, are there any LFSes really close (walking distance) to the Inner Harbor? We're going to be down their for pretty much the whole day on Sunday, so I am curious.

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oh suppose I should update emmm we're planning on meeting around 8:45ish to get in right when it opens.

An hour or two inside, then stop by barnes and nobels to see their tank (maybe a cup of coffee for those of us addicts )

Then the LFS's and rainforest cafe...we'll discuss when we meet up though

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With or without husband I'll be there

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Okay everyone...as some of you know Whetu will be starting her world tour 2004 soon....she'll be staying with me for awhile and we're planning on going to the Baltimore Aquarium http://www.aqua.org...I've got a one year membership, and can get reduced tickets (not by much but every bit helps ).

She'll be here hopefully in time for fourth of july in the Nations Capital, then staying for around a week or so, maybe more depending on if we can pull her away from the smithsonian.

So if anyone is interested in a trip to the baltimore aquarium with us, probably on the weekend sometime...post here...or PM me or e-mail me ...or call me .

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[span class="edited"][Edited by Babelfish 2004-05-25 17:59][/span]

It's probably gonna be insanely crowded by 11 AM though...

yeah I normally try to be finished by 11am , I made the mistake of trying to go back to the small cichlid tank on the second floor once, not something I'm gonna do again . I have been going pretty much every sunday, skipped the past two though I think I needed a break .

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Babel, you go to Baltimore pretty much weekly, right? IF you see a bus-load of students come down July 4th you know it's us. It's probably gonna be insanely crowded by 11 AM though...:%)

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The more the merrier :%)

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tetra_fan12,
5' huh? well you might be taller than me then I'm only 5'2" ....if you can convince your mom we'd be more than happy to have you join us

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I'm comin' down July 4th around 11 on a field trip with Summer College... :%)

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i am...strange...i think i would be able to go but i ahve to wait til i get back to my moms to ask her. would i be the youngest? o and my mom already promised me a trip to the aquarium so nevermind i will just tell her i want to go on...wait im going to be in Maine July 4th oooo well i will go sometime in july wait...nevermind u read and u said ur goign july 11th. im confusing myself:%)





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tetra_fan1212, you're welcome to come along if you want to. Show your Mom this thread and see if she'll bring you! Anyway, we're not that strange

oh well, never mind, we are going to boston, not baltimore. Must of got confused or something :%):%)

I was confused in the first why we were going from cincinnati to baltimore to maine. Sorry, can't meet anyone this year. Unless you come to cincinnati.

i might be able to go...but i doubt u would want a 14 year old tagging along thats only barely 5 feet tall besides i doubt my mom would let me go with total strangers i live down in calvert county...for those of u who know where that is



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well if you guys are interested (racso and garten et family ) I think I should be able to get you in...depends on the parental units I suppose....

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I'm flying from Chicago to Calgary on July 21. So it looks like I'm not gonna meet Racso and DAnielle in person this time

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planning a trip to Philly, I could plan it for when Whetu is here! Dates, more specifically?

sounds good if its on the 11th we will be there as far as I know anyways. looking forward to it

I live in Cincinnati Ohio and a road trip sounds interesting

Yep if anyone is thinking of doing a road trip to the DC area you might wanna consider scheduling it around then....or maybe not, july 4th will be more than "interesting" but anyone that's interested is more than welcome to come along ...yes even Bryant


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Cincinnati? I just did DC to Detroit, ~500 miles, 8 hour drive or so. Since you're SW of Detroit I'd say it's probably about the same distance.

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I live in Cincinnati Ohio and a road trip sounds interesting. :-D How long of a trip is that?

That sounds great, I've never been there either!

*contemplates the dolphin tank*.....hmmmm I wonder if Theresa_M has ever seen the inside of the dolphin tank




















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July 11 works for me

lunch @rainforest cafe in towson afterwards

That sounds great, I've never been there either!

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oh and just thought of it last night....lunch @rainforest cafe in towson afterwards

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T'anks for posting that whetu ...I almost forgot

Yes sunday....july 11th...earlier morning (ie 9am so don't go out the night before unless you can get up ) is best...if you're a little late there are serious croud issues

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We're looking at Sunday 11 July. How's that sound?