Waiting outside the museum - it was a little rainy, but at least it wasn't hot!

A view across the main hall in the museum.  And, if you look closely...

...Mitsock and Gorsky are hamming it up across the way!

Posing in the dinosaur exhibit

Smiles and poses...

Now there's a big mouth -- and the thing hanging from the ceiling is pretty large, too!

Big lizard.  Very big lizard.

The Hope Diamond.  Pretty impressive, eh?  Or depressing, when one considers that this little rock has a cash value greater than what many people earn in a lifetime!

"What are you doing?" I asked.  "Taking the elevator," they said.  "You can't walk up one flight of stairs?"  "Nope."  "I'm taking a picture of this - so people will know how lazy you are!" Hey, I keep my word.

Ms. Gordon tries her hand at the children's insect game.

Look closely at this picture.  Can you spot the really creepy, huge insects that are hiding here? If you've got a  good eye for detail, you can see four of them. Otherwise, look at the picture below to spot one of them.

This walking stick is much bigger than my hand.  Put one of these on me and I'll probably be mentally unbalanced for quite a long time.

Excuse the blurriness.  This was taken with the digital zoom lens as I spied on Ms. Skeels giving her crew some instructions.  I think Nicole is about to fall asleep...