A trip to the new California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA, was the order for the day. We thought to start at 9:00 should avoid the worst of the traffic since everyone would already be at work by then. I'm sure it was better, but then can it ever really be considered good? The 34-mile trip took more than an hour (we actually felt pretty good about that).
Seeing the Space Shuttle Endeavour was certainly the high point of the museum visit, but there was a lot of other pretty cool stuff as well.
Massimino never mentioned Howard (fruitloops) Wolowitz when talking about the zero-gravity human-waste disposal system.
David was in Florida to see this mission blast off in November 2001, but it was scrubbed for a week and he missed it.
$1,980,674,785.00 to build it?
We watched a video about the ordeal to bring the Endeavour to the California Science Center.
A wing barely clearing its way through the city.
Within easy walking distance of the Science Museum was the California Museum of Natural History with a Rose Garden in between. I guess their roses must bloom year 'round. The Natural History Museum was a pleasant surprise - one of the nicest we have visited.
This is Thomas the T-Rex.
I was blown away by the rock and mineral collection. It was HUGE and so well curated.
This case represents, at most, a fourth of the total collection.
On the way back to the coach we found one of our favorite restaurants from more than 30 years ago. It was the Mariposa where we had their "Fractured Tostada" and a Margarita at least once a month. The restaurant had moved to a different location, but their menu still included the fractured tostada and, of course, margaritas.
Sometimes things are not as good as you remember, but the food and Margarita at the Mariposa were better than I remembered!!
A few blocks away was an Ikea where we could walk a few of those calories off before turning in. The perfect way to end a great day!
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