3 museums in 3 days (Georgia)

We spent three consecutive days at three museums in two different states. The first was the Muse in Knoxville, and the other two were in Georgia on our way to Florida. The Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia had five different sections of exhibits ranging from dinosaurs, to precious stones to antique cars.

Check out who loaned this piece to the museum....Dr. David Schwimmer, also the 

name of the actor who played Ross, the paleontologist on Friends. Interesting coincidence. 

Glyptodon, a 6ft armadillo-looking skeleton.

We learned the process of replicating bones for reconstructing dinosaur skeletons.

This baseball-sized meteorite crashed thru a local house at an estimated speed

 of 200mph. It is the only time a house in the state has been hit. It tore thru the roof, 

ricocheted on the joist and crashed thru the ceiling, leaving that large hole. 

Phosphorescent rocks on display under black light.

Picking out her favorite.

We loved the spheres. When Asher saw the cut gems, 

he said, "I want to buy that one, and that one, and that one....." Oh boy!

Their 7ft amethyst geode is one of the largest in the world!

Here is an EV1 by GM, the first electric car to be mass produced and leased (but not sold) from 1996-1999. In 2002, they deemed them unprofitable, repossessed all of the cars and crushed them, despite having customers who wanted them. It seems the there is some controversy about GM's true intentions of this car and if they really wanted it to be successful, or just a scheme to make the government back down on their zero emission requirements for car manufacturers, which they did in fact do after GM declared this a failure. The documentary Who Killed The Electric Car? aimed to shed light on the situation.

One of my favorite things is when in the middle of a long drive, we find a 

field to run and play in as a family. It's so fun just chasing each other and getting 

some energy out before the next long stretch of road. Asa loves the break too.

Our other stop was the Museum of Art and Science in Macon, Georgia. 

We arrived early and explored their nature trail before the museum opened.

Daddy found a letterbox. 

My aunt and cousin have been letterboxing for years and I think it's something the kids would really enjoy. Think geocaching (treasure hunting) but with clues instead of GPS coordinates. When you find a letterbox, you open it to find a notebook and a stamp. You press your stamp in their book and their stamp into your notebook, noting the location and anything you want to remember about it. I think we'll have to take the kids to pick out their own stamps soon so we can begin doing this as a family.

Where'd they go???

Ah ha! I see you!

Inside the museum they uncovered dinosaur bones.

 This place has it's own small zoo including snakes, an alligator, and these adorable monkeys!

We watched the planetarium show about constellations.

And Mommy got in the gyroscope. A training tool for astronauts that 

spins on three axes and gives you a sense of weightlessness!