The CA Academy of Sciences Museum is located in Golden Gate Park (which is a huge park!). We were able to watch the penguins being fed and we learned a lot about their diet and way of life as the feeder talked while she was working with them.
They have a pretty nice aquarium here and we had fun looking at all of the different fish. I never cease to be amazed at how God created everything so spectacularly.
Sky was thrilled when she was able to handle a real abalone shell and also work a marine microscope.
Is that a really big starfish or a really small baby???
We went into a preschool play area for a while and Sky did a presentation on sea turtles. There's always a performance of some kind...
Meanwhile, Lila comandeered a pirate ship:
There is a really cool, 4 story, glass ball that contains a rain forest climate and also the levels of a rain forest.
We walked up through each level, looking at the plants and animals along the way.
The orbweaver spiders were enormous! I'm so glad that we had glass between us!
There were some pretty cool trees at Golden Gate Park!
Later that night, we walked over to Pier 39, a shopping and entertainment area. We stayed in the Fisherman's Wharf area which is pretty close to everything. The kids rode the carousel here.
And posed for a few pictures...
A short distance up the road were the Occupy San Francisco people. This picture doesn't quite capture it. There were lots of tents and lots of people. What would a trip to San Francisco be without a protest, right?
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Wow, you guys really did see a whole lot of amazing things, including all of the opportunities for "hands on"!! What an unusual tree,... and Occupy San Francisco! (Bet the kids wondered about all of those people camping there.)
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