{"id":3173,"date":"2009-12-20T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2009-12-20T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T13:52:55","slug":"virginia-aquarium-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/virginia-aquarium-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Aquarium, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiaaquarium.com\/\">Virginia Aquarium<\/a> <i>again<\/i>. We had planned to go to the Norfolk Zoo but it was 40 degrees and pouring down rain. Luckily, the major <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiaaquarium.com\/animals-exhibits\/Pages\/restless-planet.aspx\">Restless Planet<\/a> renovations at the aquarium have been completed so this visit we got to see some new animals like the Komodo dragon!<\/p>\n<p>Cute freshwater turtle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0652.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0652-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Cute turtle\" title=\"Cute turtle\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0652-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0652-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0652.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contemplating the water<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0653.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0653-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Watching the back bay\" title=\"Watching the back bay\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0653-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0653-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0653.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaleidoscope Hallway<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0660.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0660-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"kaleidoscope Hall\" title=\"kaleidoscope Hall\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0660-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0660-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0660.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sea Turtles<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0669.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0669-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Tank\" title=\"Turtle Tank\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0669-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0669-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0669.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0667.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0667-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Watching Turtles and Fish\" title=\"Watching Turtles and Fish\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0667-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0667-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0667.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visiting the Komodo Dragon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0686.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0686-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Komodo Dragon\" title=\"Komodo Dragon\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0686-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0686-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0686.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neat feature<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0683.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0683-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Up close and personal\" title=\"Up close and personal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0683-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0683-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0683.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tropical Tunnel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0677.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0677-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Walk-through Tropical Aquarium\" title=\"Walk-through Tropical Aquarium\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0677-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0677-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0677.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the gift shop<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0689.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0689-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Fistful of Sharks\" title=\"Fistful of Sharks\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0689-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0689-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0689.JPG 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doing his best to avoid Santa<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0692.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0692-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Avoiding Santy Claws\" title=\"Avoiding Santy Claws\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0692-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0692-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/IMG_0692.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hit the Virginia Aquarium again. We had planned to go to the Norfolk Zoo but it was 40 degrees and pouring down rain. Luckily, the major Restless Planet renovations at the aquarium have been completed so this visit we got to see some new animals like the Komodo dragon! Cute freshwater turtle Contemplating the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,13,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-travel","category-vacation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3173"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3188,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3173\/revisions\/3188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iheartdavids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}