On Friday April 16th, Rutha & I went for her Girl's Scout Camp-in at the Ben Franklin Museum in Philadelphia. This was such an awesome trip!! There were 17 girls from her troop and 6 chaperones. There were about 400 girls & chaperones from all over the area! The event was exceptionally well-organized. We were given the train factory exhibit room as our campsite. Had pizza for dinner. Went to events that were held on the hour. One was on chemistry - very interesting chemistry concepts demonstrated live. Then one on making ice-cream - delicious creamy vanilla - made in a jiffy using liquid nitrogen! Then the planetarium. We saw a sports exhibit - detailing the science behind different sports activities. An awesome exhibit on the HEART (sponsored by none other than Merck!) where you could walk through a large heart like a maze! Watched a demo of an open-heart surgery, life-size replicas of hearts of various life forms - animals, birds etc., and an interesting game centered around how common ailments were treated across the ages in several different cultures!
The girls had a blast - they sang & danced & taught the enthusiastic staff some steps of the hustle! Had a midnight snack which made it harder for them to wind down - I eventually slept around 2:30 am - and woke up around 6:30. Then it was off to a quick wash, a nice breakfast & then a wonderful IMAX movie on Ocean Life!! Its been ages since I watched an IMAX movie & this one was great! Great narration of a funny script by Jim Carrey.
Everybody had a blast!!
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