Thankfully, I am one of those lucky Americans that gets (nearly) every holiday off. From the main stream to the obscure, I am free to run around, sleep, veg out, or run a race, on those days...assuming there isn't some crazy thing happening at work. And Monday, happened to be one of those glorious, days off freedom, where not only do you get to sleep in, do what you want, not go to work, but, you get paid. Being a hard working sapp has it's advantages sometimes. So, in honor of Columbus, the great adventurer that has been completely twisted and morphed in the American psyche into a hero even though....let's face it, he brought on the genocide of entire continent, and basically hemisphere....still, we celebrate his lack of fear and adventurous nature every year by giving about 2% of all workers the day off. YAY! And to really get into the spirit this year, the hubs and I decided to become adventurers for the day!
We have lived in this "one horse town" since graduating college and getting jobs; which was over 4 years ago now...yikes! And in this said four years we have hardly scratched the surface at finding out what there truly is to do around here! So, thanks to the internet, google, urbanspoon, and trip advisor, we hatched a plan and headed downtown!
Our first priority; breakfast! As you know, seeing as I have a blog about it that you are currently reading, I am into wholesome food, organic when possible, and natural at it's core, so I decided to find a place like that to start our day!
Oooo hipster style...you know it's going to be good!
So this place, Chamblin's Uptown, was delicious! Organic! Homemade! Fresh! And even the hubs loved it!
NOM!!!
I got a deliciously fresh bagel with TONS of veggies, cheese, and vinaigrette on it. So good! It was basically a salad slammed in the middle of a bagel! This puppy kept me fueled for hours! I think the coffee helped a bit too.
So after a filling and yummy breakfast, it was time to start exploring! So we walked down by the river and tried to see what we could see...which wasn't much along the river walk. We then decided to head back towards our little breakfast place and see what might be hiding around there, but before we got back there we noticed something. The skytram. Free. Which we found out leads directly to one of the places we had hoped to go to, and it was one of those things that we knew existed but had never used; so, we hoped on and took a ride!
Just like Disney World!
Weeeee!!!!
Over the river we went! And we hopped off at the station right near the Museum of Science and History! This museum is a lot of fun! They have a lot of great permanent exhibits as well as a great rotation of traveling exhibits that come from all across the country! Since we live right on the coast there is, of course, a huge marine history section, including fossils and replicas, as well as information about how marine mammals and humans are similar, yet different!
WHALES!
There is also a section about local land animals, including turtles, lizards, opossums, owls, and....snakes. Bleh.
Moving on....there is also a section detailing how the human body works, from flatulence, to the heart, to robotic limbs! They even had a robotic limb that you could try out to see if you could control it to pick things up!
He snagged the grapes!
Full of interesting facts about the human body.
After spending quite a while in the museum, including seeing a show in the planetarium!!! (Which is one of only 3 singe lens planetariums in the country) We decided to head out and attempt to find a shopping and dining district near by! After walking what was probably about a mile to a mile and a half, we realized that this isn't the most pedestrian friendly city! We found no cute shops like I'm used to in a city, and while we did finally find a watering hole, it was still extremely far from the museum. It didn't damper our spirits too much, so we stopped in to enjoy the air conditioning and wet our whistles with a local brew!
Apple-y beer goodness!
Finally, after a long day in the city, we knew we needed to head home. So we walked the mile or so back to a different tram station and rode it back to our original embarkation spot and traveled back home to let little miss Olive out and relax for the evening.
Whoosh. Well, if you read all of that, then thank you! If you just scrolled through and looked at the pictures, I hope you enjoyed them! And if you clicked on my blog saw this and decided it was too long and did not listen, then I am sorry. Until next time!
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