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So today was another SF day and we hit a few more sites in the city of an education, iconical or cultural nature. It is a brave thing to venture there on a Saturday and we went to two of the bridges and through a whole bunch of California traffic, if you know what I mean. Lordy, I am tired and it is late so this will be short.
First stop was the Golden Gate. No trip to the Bay Area is complete without a trip to this grand icon. Perfectly clear day there and a nice vista. Really nice people all around and we got a parking spot in the lot there! Score! The bridge can be foggy but not today. Snapped pics and off we went toooo...
The Exploratorium over by the Palace of Fine Arts. This is the coolest, sciency thing ever. It is a very interactive place with gadgets, kinetic things and exhibits that show you how the physical universe works. It was founded by Frank Oppenheimer, the brother of Robert J. Oppenheimer and was his legacy to the scientific community after having been exiled for a while in the witch hunts of the 50's. This place is interesting, fun and you could go back and do totally different things as there is SO much. We were booked into the Tactile Dome which is a dome within the museum and totally and enclosed crawl space that you navigate in the dark. You feel your way through it and through tunnels where you feel different things as you go through. I admit that this was not my thing and I turned back at the first part of the course. As they say on the site, "it is not for everyone." I felt a real sense of being too closed in. The rest of the crew went through and found it really cool, though the teenager said it was "pretty creepy"--high praise, indeed. My personal favorite part was the Jukebox Room which was an enclosed music listening room of music exclusive to the Exploratorium. One of the composers was listening to his very own piece while I was in there and I had a terrific conversation with him and his companion. Just great people and his music was innovative and intriguing...sampled words to music. Neato!
After hours exploring the Exploratorium, we walked around the Palace of Fine Arts which is very beautiful. Here is a link about the architecture there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Fine_Arts
( Some pics before I nod off... )
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khylea. I did not take many today.
Sadly enough, she heads back to Seattle tomorrow and I am back to work on Monday. I will do one more post on the vacation about the food adventures that we had and that will about wrap it up.
Good night and good news. :)
First stop was the Golden Gate. No trip to the Bay Area is complete without a trip to this grand icon. Perfectly clear day there and a nice vista. Really nice people all around and we got a parking spot in the lot there! Score! The bridge can be foggy but not today. Snapped pics and off we went toooo...
The Exploratorium over by the Palace of Fine Arts. This is the coolest, sciency thing ever. It is a very interactive place with gadgets, kinetic things and exhibits that show you how the physical universe works. It was founded by Frank Oppenheimer, the brother of Robert J. Oppenheimer and was his legacy to the scientific community after having been exiled for a while in the witch hunts of the 50's. This place is interesting, fun and you could go back and do totally different things as there is SO much. We were booked into the Tactile Dome which is a dome within the museum and totally and enclosed crawl space that you navigate in the dark. You feel your way through it and through tunnels where you feel different things as you go through. I admit that this was not my thing and I turned back at the first part of the course. As they say on the site, "it is not for everyone." I felt a real sense of being too closed in. The rest of the crew went through and found it really cool, though the teenager said it was "pretty creepy"--high praise, indeed. My personal favorite part was the Jukebox Room which was an enclosed music listening room of music exclusive to the Exploratorium. One of the composers was listening to his very own piece while I was in there and I had a terrific conversation with him and his companion. Just great people and his music was innovative and intriguing...sampled words to music. Neato!
After hours exploring the Exploratorium, we walked around the Palace of Fine Arts which is very beautiful. Here is a link about the architecture there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Fine_Arts
( Some pics before I nod off... )
Again, photos are courtesy of
khylea. I did not take many today. Sadly enough, she heads back to Seattle tomorrow and I am back to work on Monday. I will do one more post on the vacation about the food adventures that we had and that will about wrap it up.
Good night and good news. :)
