We spent some time today at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham, about 3 hours from us. Let me just say, that place is ah-mazing. We got in for free (!!!!) with our membership to the WNC Nature Center. If you're paying to go, tickets are a little pricey ($18 for adults and I think it was $15 for kids), but I think it would be well worth the investment to check this place out.
It was super hot today though, making us all a little cranky and irritable, but I know we weren't the only ones. We had lunch at the little cafe on site and it was filled with parents all yelling at their kids. The tension was palpable. Some of the highlights of our trip were the dinosaur walk, the train ride, the butterfly house and the science activities indoors. We missed out on the tree houses and the bear/wolf exhibit just because it was so hot we didn't feel like being outdoors anymore, but it's definitely on our list of to dos on our return visit. The indoor exhibits will be good for Luke (and Charlie!) when they're older. It was hard to get into when Luke doesn't know all the terminology yet. And the bigger kids kind of ran him over, but I'll give it to Luke, he holds his own with kids of any size.
Our plan was to hit up the Asheboro Zoo and the Museum of Life and Science and stay over night, but we had some things come up this week so we decided to just do a day trip. It's also a really long drive so next time we'll stay the night, ha! The kids were troopers today though, and we all had a really good time. I can't wait for our next visit!
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| The butterflies were my favorite! |
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| See the birds past Luke? They just came out of nowhere and walked across the path. |
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| I thought this was a cool picture of the butterfly in flight! |
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| Hot and grumpy after he spent 30 minutes trying to pick something out at the gift shop. |
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| Obligatory sleeping Luke picture after a busy day. |
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