Part 18 here South of Pennsylvania was very hot and humid. In the morning we decided to go to the Independence Hall by fast-speed subway. Oh boy, it was really speedy 🙂 When we came to the square, there was…
Sabbatical 2016. Hunt for the Solar System
Part 17 here When we went through New Milford, we noticed a giant yellow ball near the school. Intrigued, we decided to stop and learned that McCarfy Observatory was located here. They placed a scaled Solar System in the public…
Sabbatical 2016. Three events in one day
Part 16 here Not far from Portland there is a huge rotating globe, the largest in the world, named Eartha. Its diameter is 42 feet and it is a 1:1,000,000 scale model of Earth. If a model of the Sun…
Sabbatical 2016. Road to Maine
Part 15 here In the morning we visited another ice cream factory, Ben&Jerry’s. They claimed to make a yummiest ice cream in Vermont! We went to the factory tour, saw the production floor and funny advertisement video about factory. Also…
Sabbatical 2016. Barton Garnet Mine
Part 14 here Today we are pretending we are treasure hunters and will go to the garnet pit. The garnet mining started here in 1876. One of the versions how that place was found is that Barton came to the…
Sabbatical 2016. Museum of Glass
Part 13 here There is a wonderful Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. It is interesting not only of the all information you can learn there – there are lectures and tours there, so it is easy to spend…
Sabbatical 2016. Cave Day
Part 12 here As you have probably figured out, today will be the cave exploration day. We saw a lot of different types of caves for the last several years, some of them had smooth concrete floor and others were…
Sabbatical 2016. National Museum of the US Air Force
Part 11 here Today we went to the National Museum of Air Force. To be honest, we are not big fans of the planes, but this Museum opened a new Presidential exhibit recently, so we decided to take a look.…