Weekend Travels

 Hello! What a buys couple weeks it's been. 

My husband and I made a trip to the MN Science Museum two weekends ago and to Medora last weekend. The trip to the Science Museum was mostly work related as my husband wanted to visit as he works at the Gateway to Science Center as the Gallery Supervisor. We both had a blast exploring the museum.

 The main galleries were fun, and it seems they are always adding new things! Above is a photo of part of the exhibit on light.

 This is also part of the light exhibit, where colors from light are refracted and "shadowed" onto the wall. 

The traveling exhibit was about the Maya and they had so many neat things it was hard to choose just a few photos to share!

 The towers had information on them (these are dates) and while they had great exhibits explaining how the language/calendar system works, it was so neat to see the information outline/overlaid, then the English translation also added.

 The had information on many aspects of Mayan life, including what people wore. This hands on exhibit allows you to create patterns similar to those used by the Maya in their clothing, using blocks.

 There were many artifacts on display, especially pottery and other clay objects from ancient Mayan life. This is a vase with the Maize god on it, related to the ancient Mayan creation story.

 You can to piece a vase back together, like an archaeologist.

No matter what all they add, this is still my favorite! There is a computer which measures seismic activity around the world and the vibrations are translated into the many tubes hanging in the cafeteria, which produce different sounds based on the data.

MEDORA

 Our weekend in Medora was rainy, so I did not take my camera out and about with us. However, when we drove the loop in the Theodore National Park, we saw lots of wildlife, so I was able to get lots of photos without getting my camera wet.

 We saw a bison herd, and as Bison are one of my husband's favorite animals I had to take any many photos as I could.

 I'm not going to lie, it was a bit intimidating, having such a large animal within 10 or so yards of the car.

 We also saw three different groups of wild horses. They were all a bit farther from the road, but if you look closely you'll see them.

 After driving through the park, we ate at the Pitchfork Fondue, and saw a large storm pass through while we waited for our food. It rained so hard, it was a sheet of gray in the distance. The lightning was beautiful against the backdrop of the Badlands, and we could feel the thunder in the ground.

 After supper we saw the Medora Musical. It was a fun evening, including a performance by the featured group, "Zuma Zuma." They are acrobats, fire eaters, and contortionists. It was amazing and a little unnerving to watch them.

Lastly, we played golf at Bully Pulpit. It was an amazing course. Mostly, the scenery was amazing. The back nine holes are gorgeous and a little terrifying as for three of them you're actually up in the Badlands, not just playing in the basin. I had a great time golfing with just my hubby, even though he is a lot better golfer than me. :-)