Today was not a very big day unlike yesterday. Uncle Len, Molly, and I intended to go aboard the USS Slater, but apparently it was closed from Monday to Wednesday. Bummer. So, we went into the beautiful city of Albany and went to the New York State Museum. The Musuem had one advantage over the USS Slater - it was air conditioned.
There was quite a bit of stuff there, and, because I don't want to bore you to death, I'll just go through the "highlights". There was some natural stuff like stuffed deer, moose, and timberwolves. There was some native stuff there, with a replica longhouse. The Cohoes Falls mammoth http://flic.kr/p/7upbNY was there, as was the fossil of the only dinosaur known to live in New York.
Then, we came into the modern area. A 60's subway car was there, along with a Sesame Street part, with highlights from every year from 1969 - 2010. Then, it came into the more tragic part - the World Trade Center. It had some parts from Ground Zero in Manhattan, and, the kick in the teeth - a fire truck from September 11th. The first half was really rusty, and looked like it was falling apart. The lower half was just fine, though. There was also a dented police car door, and newspapers from around the country from September 12th, 2001. I know I was only two, but, jeez, ten years?
Engine 6 Pumper
Steel Column from Floor 7-9 of South Tower
Fireman's Helmet from September 11th
After lunch, we headed out. Hours later, we went to mini golf and had ice cream (Uncle Len kicked our butts at Mini Golf, by the way)
Sorry that today's post was so short. We didn't do all that much today.
Oh, yeah, almost forgot!
Quote of the day:
"The Egg looks NOTHING like an Egg!" - Dan, while looking at The Egg from inside the museum.
5 comments:
I had eggs for breakfast. Or was it cereal?
okay, I'll ask, what is "the egg" ?
Nobody really knows Frank... there is just a huge concrete egg something laid in the middle of the capital plaza in Albany. Never hatched, and it is too big to move so it just stays there. Weird, right?
Legends say that a giant chicken walked into Albany and sat on that egg for a few days, got up, and there it was.
The designers of the egg were in a diner....One guy put half a grapefruit on top of his upside down coffee cup, and the egg idea came to life!
I love the egg. You really have to go inside it to appreciate its magnificence.
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