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Camping, Hiking, Museums/Events, My Family, National Forest

We got in for free!!!

06/08/2019 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

Our Children’s Museum Pass is a part of the ASTC Passport program and gets us in for free to many museums around the country! I had not used this benefit before but sure enough we were able to get in for free to three museums in Albuquerque! We only went to two of them though.

First stop was the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.

It does get a limited number only in for free but that worked fine for us since someone always needed to stay with the dog.

I took our boys and our youngest to this museum and our twins opted to go to the dog park with Nick and Milo(our dog).

This museum had some incredible displays. I used to worry a bit about visiting places like this as a creationist but have found that I can enjoy it just fine. I find their theories fascinating and I love to see what they think the area looked like before.

It really brought a lot of the natural places we had visited to life.

Do you spot Little Bit in the pic above?

She was insistent that she wanted to go but had her moments of being done…
The boys knowledge of dinosaurs and creation science actually far surpass me.

It is actually like having two tour guides along. This boy LOVES dinosaurs.

He enjoyed so much of our trip! They had an exhibit on the how the brain works also that was interesting. After we were done we all got lunch and then Nick took all five into Explora which was actually right next to the Natural History Museum.It is a science/children’s museum and they really liked it!I really enjoyed the quiet in the vehicle.

The RV plus 5 loud kids can make silence all the more golden.Afterwards we ran around town looking for a part so Nick could get our electricity going again.

There always seems to be something that needs worked on during our trips.

Our site might have been a lot of work to get to but it was pretty.It was also right by a trail system so we could go for a walk easily.Next we headed towards Texas and got turned away from our next camping spot!

Museums/Events

Megalodon ~Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

01/07/2019 Danielle Huddleston Leave a comment

We went to see the Megalodon Exhibit at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History before it left and as a bonus found snow!My kids were so excited with this little bit of snow!

We ended up getting a membership because it cost almost the same as one visit for our family.

We run into this often as a larger family.

This museum had a great deal for large families though!

$45 for 2 adults and unlimited children!

We have often had to pay for additional children because a family membership only includes 2-4 children.

My second oldest loves everything dinosaur and ancient so this was an early birthday trip for him.

I asked him if he wanted to go see the Megalodon Exhibit before it left or wait and do something closer to his birthday and he said see the Megalodon Exhibit.

He was a bit disappointed with the amount of information about Megalodons in the exhibit and said he wished they had a scale replica of one though.

He seemed to still find it interesting though and always enjoys looking at the dinosaur exhibits at this museum so I am glad we got a membership and can hopefully go again a few more times this year.

They did have a lot of nice hands on things in the exhibit which is always nice.

This tuna display showing how much fish a Megalodon would eat in a day was a big hit with all of my kids.

We have discussed if he could make a living as an archeologist several times.

I used to want to be one also so I get it.

He often knows more information than they have on the exhibit and was asking a worker about one of their casts.

I think he was hoping it was the original but it was a copy.

Our youngest is not as big a fan of life size dinosaurs…

I like the exhibits upstairs the most.

This one showing the different habitats in Oklahoma is especially neat when you have been to all of them.

I always wonder what is going through his mind when he gets quiet like this.

He could talk about dinosaurs all day.

The Tallgrass Prairie exhibit was even more interesting since we were just there.

Their elevators are so much fun!

Do you have a dinosaur enthusiasts in your house?

Museums/Events, My Family, Wildlife Preserve/Reserve

Wildlife and Museums ~South Eastern Oklahoma

12/18/2018 Danielle Huddleston 1 Comment

Little River National Wildlife Refuge
To the left of the boys a deer was just standing there staring at us! This was the only established place to walk around that we saw there. It was a beautiful scenic drive though and my kids want to go back when it is warmer to see Alligators.
When we found out about the Museum of the Red River we knew we wanted to stop! It is under construction so very small right now, the drawings look amazing of what they are planning though and it was free. The biggest selling point for us was the state dinosaur!