Roadtrip!
Yesterday we met up with my Aunt who was in Madison, WI for business. Our first stop was the Madison Children's museum. The good news-it was empty and we had the place to ourselves. The bad news-there wasn't much for a child over 5 years old to do. We've been spoiled by the museums in the Chicagoland area that offer activities for all ages of children. The kid's didn't mind and we were able to spend a couple of hours out of the cold.
Next, we went over to the UW Geology Museum.
We were amazed by the exhibits here. We followed a self tour with a brochure at the start of the exhibit. The biggest hit was the museum's black light display with the fluorescent rocks. There was even a window to a lab where students were working on uncovering dinosaur fossils. Finn loved the full sized skeletons in the vertebrate room.
Next we headed to the on campus dairy production facility. They have a huge observation window on the second floor where the kid's could look down on the production floor and observe how milk is turned into ice cream or cheese.
We also visited the free Henry Vilas Zoo. We only had a short time to make it through a few of the buildings before they closed. They enjoyed seeing the polar bears, penguins, otters, and the animals of the rainforest exhibit.
My Aunt arrived in town about 6pm and treated us to dinner. We got back home after midnight and I'm exhausted today but we had a blast.
posted by Anna @ 11:31 AM
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