Day 4 - Freedom Center, Newport Aquarium

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a wonderful museum. The history it teaches is interesting and important. Aside from that, it's a fantastic facility with large foyers and a majestic aesthetic. Top shelf attraction. I guess it's a bit easier when Oprah is one of your supporters.

Today we also visited the Newport Aquarium. Like yesterday, we saw a lot of cool creatures, only this time, of course, of the aquatic variety. We also decided to pay the extra money to get tickets to the Penguin Encounter. About a dozen or so people (including us) were brought behind the scenes of the aquarium and into the penguin house. Inside, the nice guide introduced us to three real, live penguins, and then we were allowed to pet them! That's right: We got to pet honest-to-god penguins!

It was a busy day, and when we got back to our hotel we found that we had been upgraded to a jacuzzi suite, so we had a nice hot soak. All in all, a great day.

Tomorrow we've got a few small stops in the morning to see some spots we missed, and then we're off on the long trek home. As such, I'm not sure if we'll have a video tomorrow or if it will just be late. I'll let you know!

Home soon,

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