Science Center of Baltimore, MD

Today we went  the Science Center of Baltimore, MD, in the Inner Harbor!


We spent 20 minutes in the dinosaur section right inside the front door. Hobbit was enthralled by the activities where you figured out what animals were (or weren't) dinosaurs!

Barb and I had a little fun in there too!

Nemo (and honestly all of us) fell in love with the physics section. The floating ball station was a huge hit. 

Nemo didn't get as much out of it as his brother, but soon,, Tiny human, soon. (Check out the harp with laser strings!)

Hobbit spent maybe a third of the our museum time at this giant Mousetrap. We couldn't tear him away for longer than a couple minutes. We did every activity in Newton's Alley and he kept coming back to this contraption. 


Barb showing off her cycling skills to power a lightbulb.


The walk to dinner was nice, except for Hare Krishna telling us we were going to be white slaves soon. I could have done without that.

Crab for dinner! I learned how to crack and eat Maryland  crab (thanks Barb!). The boys were not impressed. Chicken tenders for them. More crab for me!

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