Once again this year I took the week before school starts off and Anna and I spent the week checking out new places and sights we haven’t seen yet.
This year we started the week by going to San Francisco and spending the day exploring the California Academy of Sciences! Cool place! It took all day to see everything and Anna got to see an 4 story indoor Rain Forrest with all the colorful birds, frogs, butterflies, geckos, snakes, & more, a modern Planetarium, an Albino Alligator, a huge aquarium very similar to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which we had taken Anna to 2-3 years ago. She talked with the diver before he went down in the main tank for the scheduled feeding, that’s when she learned that I am a certified diver too. She couldn’t wait to talk with the diver after the show to tell him her dad was a diver too. I had to explain the difference between a professional diver and a recreational diver.
Tank Diver
There were also several dinosaur skeletons, which Anna had fun posing with…
Saber Toothed Tiger
The planetarium was a modern digital projection on a domed ceiling that curved closely over-head. The imagery was so clear and sharp that people were advised to close their eyes if they became dizzy or disoriented during the show. It started out on earth at the Academy of Sciences and gradually panned out into space. Then we visited several planets in the solar system and beyond to other parts of the milky way then out even further before returning to earth. Anna was a bit scared at first and crouched on the floor holding my leg until we were out in space then she was fine. Too bad I couldn’t take any photos in side the planetarium.
After the planetarium we went up to the Living Roof and got a cool breather.
Up on the Living Roof
Later after lunch we checked out the exhibits in the Natural History museum with Lions, Zebras, Cheetah, penguins, gorillas, etc., including skulls of man as he evolved that we could touch!
Day Two was very different but just as much fun…
