The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium opens in Draper today,
but a dear friend invited me to visit last week. I was very impressed. We’ve
waited a long time for this day. It’s been more than a decade since we visited
the tiny sneak preview at Gateway Mall. We were thrilled with the plans for the
real deal, and we donated what we could to the cause. When the aquarium moved
to the former Smith’s store in Sandy, we bought annual memberships and popped
in at least once a month to visit the python, the octopus and especially the
jellyfish. Last week about a third of the new building was up and running. The
gift shop was doing brisk business and the café was cooking. The penguins,
otters and sharks seemed happy with their new digs. But nearly everything else
was a work in progress. No python, no octopus, and especially no jellyfish.
There will be huge crowds today. Sure hope they’re ready for us.
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