Brandy524 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Saturday afternoon we surprised the girls by taking them to the Anniston Museum of Natural History. They had been asking to go for a long time because they knew that the museum has a dinosaur exhibit and an Ancient Egypt exhibit, both of which Ally loves. So Saturday afternoon I loaded up the girls pretending we were just going to meet Danny for lunch after he got off work. We did eat lunch. But then we headed to the museum. We didn't tell them anything until we pulled in the parking lot and they saw the sign. They were so excited! Neither Danny nor myself had not been to the museum in about 20 years, so it was pretty much new to us, too. As soon as we walked into the first exhibit (which just so happened to be the dinosaur exhibit) the girls were terrified! We had to practically drag them in. Once they got used to it with the dim lighting, etc., they loosened up some. I guess it is kind of creepy, though. Somehow when we go to places like this we always end up behind one of the most annoying families. This time it was grandparents with their two granddaughters. Sounds innocent enough. But they were letting these girls run around everywhere. The youngest looked about 5 or so; the oldest about 9 or 10. The oldest had a broken leg and was on some kind of scooter thing. She was riding the scooter everywhere, circling back around us, etc. Danny and I both wanted to kick that scooter out from under her! And the grandmother had to stop and read every single description of every single exhibit. We tried to hang back and let them get ahead but they took so long at every exhibit that we caught up to them every time. It was so annoying. Anyway, moving on to the pictures. I took these with my phone because ever since we moved I have not been able to find the charger cable for my good camera. My phone camera does not have a flash so in dim lighting everything ended up a little blurry. Sorry! I guess I need to buy a new charger for my camera. Zebra in the lobby. Some kind of skeleton in the lobby. Just get used to the fact that I don't know what all these things are called and be thankful I didn't take pictures of all the descriptions! As you enter the first exhibit hall. Pteranodon hanging from the ceiling. Some little dinosaurs. Triceratops skull. Some big dinosaur. Some kind of skull. Some other kind of skull. Thrilling, isn't it? Stegosaurus skeleton. The girls with the stegosaurus. Brachiosaurus neck bone. Lots of different crystals and gemstones. Gasp! Jurassic Park starts here! Fossil in the floor. Some kind of big bone. Big dinosaur from the other side. Teeth. Leaving the dinosaur exhibit you move into an Alabama Cave. Caves are dark. Oh look, a little bit of light over here. Now to the Alabama wildlife exhibit. Some kind of foxes. Groundhog? There's some kind of cat on the rock. It's jumping right at you! Gobble, gobble. Some kind of cat. I really suck at knowing Alabama wildlife. Oooh, I know this one! It's a deer. I really like the cat grabbing the bird, although I have no idea what kind of cat or what kind of bird they are. "Hi, how are ya?" This is an opossum...or just "possum" in Alabama. I mostly only see these dead on the road, not dead, stuffed and hanging from a tree. Occasionally I see a live one eating the cat food on our back porch. They are NOT nice. Alligator Gar. I actually remember Danny telling me this one! Mallard. Some other kind of ducks. Lots more to come.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 More... Otter! Beaver The girls really liked the baby turtle. Grrr. Mountain goats. Another goat. Oh noes, the mountain lion is gonna get the goat! Bear, wolverine sans adamantium. See, they're not nice! They had a little thing you could sniff to remind yourself what a skunk smells like. No thanks, I've smelled enough driving past dead ones. This was supposed to be an early taxidermist's office. Office again. Moving into the bird exhibit. I did not take a picture of every bird. Thank me. Look, Brian, I found the actual-but-not-really-a-yellowhammer bird! Some kind of owls. Insert Harry Potter joke here. Insert patriotism here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Caves are dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Moving on to Africa... Rhino Is anyone else giving the hyena Whoopi Goldberg's voice? Aww, look at the wittle baby. Daddy will eat your face. African wild dogs. We saw some live ones back in April at the Birmingham Zoo! Ally loves giraffes! Cammy loves elephants! She has two stuffed animals named "Elephant" and "Nother Elephant." I started singing the hula song from the The Lion King. "Are ya achin, for some bacon..." Elephant again. We tried to move through Africa slowly in order to get away from scooter girl and her annoying family. Some kind of hopping rodent. There are so many different kind of things with horns I can't keep up. I have no idea what they all are. I am not posting all the pictures of them. You're welcome. Butterflies on the wall. Hippo See, too many! All the little ones in the back are various species of dik-dik. Go ahead and make your jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Last installment... After Africa was the Egyptian exhibit. As soon as the girls saw the mummies they freaked! Cammy was literally in tears and Danny had to pick her up and take her through the mummy room to the other side. I thought the mummies were fascinating. You can see Cammy in the background keeping her back to the mummies! You can see her toes. It's gonna getcha! There was a video playing in the mummy room telling how they transported the smaller mummy to the local hospital and had a CT scan done of her, although this picture was just from x-rays done in the '70s. Sculpture of what she may have looked like. This little exhibit was at the exit. This thing I remember from when I was a kid. You put a coin in and "tickle" the square on it's neck and it laughs. There was a Bird of Prey trail outside the museum with some....birds of prey. Bird of prey. Another bird of prey. There were several more cages but I'll spare you. They had a great time! And finally, taken by Ally, which is blurry because it's impossible for her to stand still for two seconds. Thanks for reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Looks like a pretty nice museum for being in a small city. I would have to go to San Francisco or Los Angeles to see exhibits like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Looks like a pretty nice museum for being in a small city. I would have to go to San Francisco or Los Angeles to see exhibits like that. The displays do look really nice. My crappy camera didn't really do them justice. They've done a really good job maintaining the museum over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Where's the history of Jennifer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy524 Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Where's the history of Jennifer? I'm a little slow on the uptake. I was sitting here thinking who the heck is Jennifer. Bahahaha. I get it now, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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