Saturday, January 28, 2006
Let's go exploring
We caught a bus up to the Exploratorium this morning. Mind you, when we got onto the bus the driver told us we couldn't expect to get onto a bus wielding a $20 bill for a $4 fare, which didn't endear him to us. Fortunately we had change. Is it me, or does money in the USA seem incredibly primitive, with no colour-coded notes, $1 notes rather than coins, and no coin larger than 25c? Anyway.
The Exploratorium was great, with more interactive science experiments than you can possibly get through in only a few hours, possible more than can be covered in a day. We spent our time dashing from geysers to optical illusions via friction and magnetism and all sorts of other things. Fascinating. My only problem with things like this is that as a dad, I don't get long enough to play with the experiments!
We emerged into rain and mist so thick that you couldn't even see the Golden Gate Bridge from Golden Gate Park. Then it was back to the hotel to pick up our bags and off to the airport for the journey home.
The Exploratorium was great, with more interactive science experiments than you can possibly get through in only a few hours, possible more than can be covered in a day. We spent our time dashing from geysers to optical illusions via friction and magnetism and all sorts of other things. Fascinating. My only problem with things like this is that as a dad, I don't get long enough to play with the experiments!
We emerged into rain and mist so thick that you couldn't even see the Golden Gate Bridge from Golden Gate Park. Then it was back to the hotel to pick up our bags and off to the airport for the journey home.
// posted by Chrisl @ 11:17 PM 
