Made It through the Dismal Swamp...An Update from Madeline

October 11
Hey friends,
How are things doing back at home?
Right now we are anchored in Slade Creek. This week we have seen deer, dolphins and turtles too.
On the 4th of October we went to Nauticus, the Museum of the Sea. It was pretty cool. You could explore the Wisconsin 64 (the battleship) and in the cafeteria, there were muffin tins that you could bake 30 muffins at once! And in World War 2 the Wisconsin had a collision with another boat and it took the whole bow off her! When we went inside the museum there was a submersible that you could control and pick up things like sponges, coral or coins. You could pet carpet sharks and you could even build your own sea-bot. To build a seabot, you could use PVC pipe and 3 propellers, then you would plunk them in the pool and try to get rings and balls from the bottom of the pool.
The next day we went to the Living Museum, and in the touch tank we saw a spider crab, wells, sea stars, hermit crabs and horseshoe crabs. Then at 2:30 (feeding time) we saw a horseshoe crab and it had a mouth where our stomachs are and it didn't have any jaws or teeth and it wiggled it's legs to swallow it's food, and that would be like us trying to wiggle our legs to swallow. Pretty funny, huh?
I hope it doesn't get too cold during the winter.
From, Madeline
P.S. me and Jessica made up another alligator soup tune, it goes like this:
"Alligator fruit, alligator fruit, if I don't get some, I think I'm g'na toot!"