Yesterday, we went to Tybee Island, GA, off of the coast. It's host city is Savannah. We walked along Tybee Pier, Grace played in the water for a while, and we visited the Marine Center. We watched various groups of dolphins from the pier and saw some interesting marine birds.
The Marine Center was probably the smallest (and unimpressive) center we've ever seen. The touch tank was probably the highlight here, but they didn't have much in there that was new or that exciting except for the spider crab. Eden spent some time talking to one of the staff members about her Gold Award project, and they discussed some turtle embryology that is being done at the local university. For as well done as their website is, their actual presentation at the center is not great, and they seem to be far less educational about sea turtles than the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. I personally felt that this place was not worth the admission fee, and I don't think I've ever thought that of any other venue, except for the UFO Museum in Roswell, NM. In any case, the kids were invited to the "staff only" area to see some additional specimens, which was cool. We did like the vials of sand from around the world - that was very neat. So, not ever a complete loss - just different.