Saturday we got up and decided we wanted to do something a little different than one of our regular Saturday Florida activites. Tyler suggested going to the International Fishing Hall of Fame, which let's be honest... would probably not have been my first choice. BUT... I did want to get out of the house and I knew it was something Tyler would love. Plus it is the INTERNATIONAL fishing hall of fame, so it had to be good right?
Owen was super excited when the first two things on our way into the place were this big silver marlin (is that what it is? I'm guessing), and a turtle (this is what Owen is staring at so intently in the picture below). Combination of these two items... heaven for our child.
And this was before we even got into the actual building. Once inside, we were pretty impressed. Look at this cool ceiling.
Owen couldn't take his eyes of these guys and was pointing out every shark. This amazing interior design job wasn't the only thing this place had to offer though. It also had WII games for the kids:
A boat for Tyler and Owen to play in:
Fish puzzles. Owen loves puzzles.
This mannequin was there to tell us all about the fish he had caught and what to use to bait your fish when you're out on the water. Very informative. And a little bit creepy.
They had this super cool virtual fishing experience. Owen was a natural. He caught a huge tarpon on his first cast. Good work little buddy, you made your daddy proud.
Tyler working on reeling in a huge marlin. Lookin good babe.
Collette thinks so too.
There was this interesting display of the inards of the fish. It said something to the affect that a true fisherman knows his fish inside and out. Very insightful.
Here we're learning about fishing literature. Collette was a big fan of the headphones.
After our brains were full of fishing knowledge we decided to go out to the wetlands and check out the alligators (yes, this was something that was promised at the fishing hall of fame). Unfortunately, we looked outside and this was happening.
It's raining... hard. So we decided to kill some time scoping out the boats since even though they were also outdoors, the walkway that led us to them was covered.
While Owen toured the place, Tyler took care of some business.
This is Collette and I trying to lay down for a rest. Owen wasn't having it. This is pretty much standard any time Collette is trying to get some shut eye.
When the rain stopped we headed out to the Wetlands, They kept their promise about the gators, we saw three or four hanging out in the water.
Like this guy.
And this guy, who we thought was going to eat a bird. He didn't.
Owen loves gators.
While Owen enjoyed all the interactiveness this place had to offer, Collette pretty much just chilled in her stroller looking cute as can be. I really love this face.
We made ourselves at home on this boat while we waited out the rain. This is Owen coming up from the bedroom, he loved that there was a bedroom in the boat.
I guess next time Tyler suggests going to some lame museum, I will fully trust him when he says it's going to be a good time.
5 comments:
That's so funny! Porter will suggest weird things like that too and they always turn out fun. Cute pictures of your cute family!!
James just asked me yesterdays if we could go to the "international fishing hall of fame"! It probably would have been fun with you guys, now I have to tough it out by myself :( Doesn't look bad, Ella would probably love it.
Scott has also been wanting to go to that museum. It looks like a lot of fun.
You have SOOOOO many fun place to see there. We sometimes drive to Cabela's in Post Falls, Idaho--can I count that as a wild-lifey museum?
Your baby COLEY is such a pretty little miss. I LOVE the pic of her, she has gorgeous eyes..and of course Owen is a heartbreaker, we've known it for 2 1/2 -ish years now. I like that he's likes gators.
Such random places here to have fun. We'll have to check out the IGFA.
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