Downtown Raleigh and BOB

I keep forgetting to write about St. Patrick's Day. I had won 2 free tickets to the Titanic Exhibit from the N&O. The Titanic Exhibit ends at the end of April, so we'd been looking for a good weather day to walk down to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. We hadn't been since they built the additional building with the globe out front. We enjoyed the Titanic exhibit and got to touch a piece of the hull that was recovered. That was cool because in a month or so, we'll be at the Titanic Museum in Belfast where it was built. Anyway, we went to the new section of the building by walking through the pedestrian bridge over the street and that was weird. But, here is the special part. We didn't take Bob! He is still holding a grudge because he missed a great photo op. And because, you know, Bob. Here goes. There is a whale skeleton in there called Stumpy. Underneath her is a zodiac carrying a black dog wearing a life vest. The dog's name is Bob! He is a "whale scat sniffing dog". Can you believe it? The sign said he could "smell floating whale scat for a mile". Clay's comment was, "It floats?" I know! But, seriously, a mile?! What I was really thinking was, BOB? I mean they named a floating scat smelling dog, BOB? Is that a joke, like did they mean it to be a pun? I think I snorted. It was a busy day in the museum. It was Reptile Day. Way too busy in there and not in any good way. I was a little overwhelmed and failed to notice if there was any reproduction scat in the display. Since it wasn't real water, it couldn't have bobbed! Anyway, our Bob was not amused when he heard about it. I snickered every time I said Good Morning, Bob for at least a week. Then we all got over it. Still, though... Funny right?

Clay took some photos, but he never shared them. We also went to the St. Patrick's Day parade. It was a good day except for leaving Bob at home.

Here is a link. At the photo sequence, scroll down to Investigating Right Whales and then click the photo labeled to enlarge it. You can see Bob the scat sniffing dog under there. Enjoy!