Saturday, April 16, 2011

Baltimore, MD: Inner Harbor, Maryland Science Center

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Riley at the earthquake table



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Me with the veggie woman



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Learning about the connection between smell and taste



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Nothing like a hands-on exhibit of the large intestine that makes bowel sounds as you push the pretend food through! :-)



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Antarctica exhibit



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Trying to walk like a penguin carrying an egg



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Back outside to look at the Harbor and wait for Matt to meet up with us after work

Baltimore, MD: Inner Harbor; tour of the USS Constellation

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Listening to the audio tour

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Captain's dining room

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Captain's bed

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Crew's sleeping area



Baltimore, MD: first, the hotel

This is the hotel we stay in most of the time when we visit Baltimore. It's just a few blocks from Inner Harbor, so we're able to walk there while Matt has the car for work. It's a Holiday Inn built inside an old bank.

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Downstairs checking out the old safe door

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View of Baltimore from our window

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Closer view of the mural on the health clinic wall. The monument at the top center of the photo is the first Washington Monument. We managed to make our way there from the hotel on foot during one of our trips, planning to tour inside, but the gates were chained and locked up. We later found out that it was closed due to safety issues.

Carnegie Science Center:

The Sports Works building at the Carnegie Science Center is a regular stop for us each time we are in or near Pittsburgh. Love this place!

Sorry for the smudgy cellphone pics. :)

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Matt and Maya on the climbing wall

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Seth on the human yo-yo

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The Body Cam: A virtual ride through the human body

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Inside the Body Cam

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Checking and comparing heart rates

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This shows examples of what can be viewed from different kinds of imaging machines (x-ray, CT, MRI, etc)

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learning about the various types of joints in the human body

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giant hockey table

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Riley in the baseball pitch cage

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Basketball high jump

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Timed sprint

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Seth flipping on the trampoline

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Maya on the trampoline

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Matt on the trampoline

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Riley 20 feet up on the counterbalanced unicycle