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I spent a good chunk of the day looking at whale sharks. They're the biggest fish in the world (though many kinds of whales are much larger), and the Georgia Aquarium is the only place in the US that has them on display. The enclosure they're in is huge, and contains lots of other sharks and relatives like rays (including manta rays!) and guitarfish. One of the neat things about a clear enclosure is that you can see a large fish swimming straight towards the glass* and be sure that it's about to do an aquabatic maneuver to avoid hitting it.
I was wearing five layers on both my torso and my legs today. It was cold enough that I stopped at an REI between Athens and Atlanta and picked up a neckwarmer, some glove liners, and some chemical handwarmer packs. It hasn't been cold enough to need them yet, but better to be on the safe side.
I'm planning on spending a couple days in the Atlanta area, staying with Scruff and Shell, more of Bo & Heidi's friends.
* actually acrylic, not glass.
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