I promised Harrison that we would go to the "Dinosaur Museum" if he was a good boy. So, this morning I packed the boys in the car & headed out. The museum is actually the McKinley Museum that is part of the McKinley National Monument. There is a science museum, planetarium, and McKinley library. Harrison calls it the dinosaur museum because there is a dinosaur exhibit.
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| Ready for some fun! (Andrew fell asleep during the car ride over and is still trying to wake up when this picture was taken.) |
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| Harrison already had his monkey backpack, but we stopped at the store before going to the museum to buy a backpack for Andrew. His is a teddy bear. |
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| The boys like their backpack. They are cute, soft & cuddly with a little pocket on the back for them to put "treasures". Mommy likes them because she can keep them close by! |
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| First stop: Dinosaurs! This one moves & roars, but the rest of the exhibit is fossils. |
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| Fascination Station (Science exhibits) Checking out the tornado! |
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| Learning how gears work. |
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| Fire Station in the Street of Shops Harrison wants to be a fireman when he grows up! |
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| Posing with the Fire House Dog. |
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| Checking out the fire helmets. |
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| Time for trains! |
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| This is a Thomas the Train table that is near the model train exhibit. |
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| Checking out the model trains. |
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| Our last stop whenever we visit the museum is the bearing ride. Think of the teacup ride at Disney . . . only this one has a button in the middle to turn off & on the bearings, so you can feel the friction difference with & without the bearing working. We always ride twice - turn one way, then the other so we "unwind" and don't get dizzy! |
