Day #5 in CO: Museum Day

2018-07-16Friends, Us, USA Standard

[Photos taken on 16 July 2018, posted on 10 January 2019.  Spring weather conditions continue in January.  Heard birds singing in pitch darkness at 7 am this morning.]

This was deemed a good day to visit a large museum: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It was yet another very warm day, so it was nice to spend it indoors. (25-ish images)

Monday 16 July 2018

The girls leading the way to the entrance.
We began in the Space section. Here we are next to a large meteorite.
Attempts were made to navigate space shuttles, but the controls were incredibly confusing.
Space photos, always cool!
Bjarki holding Mars in front of a Mars rover replica.
Young brave soul demoing that objects fall at the same speed in a vacuum.
Our two younger ones requested a snack-break.
When we returned, the guy pretending to be doing experiments on Mars had appeared and starting moving slowly about the exhibit while answering questions.
Time to replicate channels made by water.
The five of us had an unhealthy lunch.
Since Bjarki and Emma were driving each other (and the rest of us) crazy, we decided to split the group up. I took Bjarki to the VR playroom. He was VEEERY excited to try it!
Our ‘Boarding Pass’ for the VR ride around the International Space Station.
Excited yet slightly nervous.
After the highly dramatized and dramatic, yet cool, flight around the ISS, Bjarki got to play on a VR console for 10 minutes. He opted for a climbing game.
Time to find the others!
We got intel that they were in the body-exhibit. Bjarki found some veins.
There were a bunch of tests one could perform, but when we exited the area, somebody had reset the computer system and all our data had disappeared. It was highly disappointing.
Finnur found some climbers.
I also found a couple of climbers.
Finnur helping the kids in an lab area.
Cuties!
We grew cells and viewed them in a microscope. It sort of worked.
For the very end, we split the group up again, this time I took Emma to a young-kids play-area, while the others looked at gemstones.
Water-play is the best!
Fun fountain!
The kids could get stamped upon departure. Emma was very pleased with her butterfly.