A Day in the Museum

We had a fun day at The Field Museum last weekend. As a first timer, I was awed by their collection.

There were so many interesting things to see and learn.

Upon entering the museum, you will be welcomed by SUE - the world's largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex.  It measures 42 feet long, 13 feet tall at the hip, and weighs 7 tons when alive.  Sue is believed to be around 65-67 million years  and was discovered in Hell Creek Formation of western South Dakota in August 12, 1990.  it was really huge!

There was also Lucy, once of the earliest hominids, Mfuwe - the largest man-eating lion on record that terrorized the residents of Zambia's Luangwa River valley in 1991, and Bushman - the nation's premier primate.  You will also see the tomb of Unis Ankh and other mummys from Egypt.  It was mind boggling to think how they built pyramids with their bare hands, taking them 20 years to build one.

It was interesting to see a feature on Abaca or Manila Hemp.

It was a great day at the museum!

Gone to Space [Adler Planetarium]

'When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?"

Psalm 8

There is so much to learn no matter how old we are. 

The past weekend, my husband and I visited the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois.

It was my second visit but I could hardly remember my first visit - incidentally with his siblings - in 2005.

It was sunny, cold and windy by the lakefront that day but we had fun!

We had a leisurely tour of the exhibits and learned a lot about earth science once again.

The show was great though we got kinda dizzy and figured that it could be age-related, hehe.

If you are planning to visit Chicago, plan a trip to Adler Planetarium - one of Chicago's go-to place.

Shoot the moon and reach for the stars!