Our first major attraction to visit in the Gateway City was the City Museum! It's hard to describe the place satisfactorily. As you approach it, the school bus hanging off the side of the roof catches your attention immediately! It's a mish-mash of a museum. Think Art Museum/Ripley's Believe It Or Not/Giant Chucky Cheese Play Area with a second-hand store and an aquarium to boot! It's something that kids and adults can both enjoy, from crawling around giant hamster tubes to sliding down enormous slides to wandering through some great architectural galleries. It's very eclectic and artsy-fartsy but kid friendly (as long as they're careful!) Not only kid friendly but adult friendly, too. Donna liked the rollie slide so much she went down it 3 times!
The Aquarium has a DIY feel to it, like somebody's uncle put it together. It's very "hands-on", literally! It's just like crazy Uncle Ed to let you stick your hand in the water and let the fish swarm around it and bite your fingers and then let you pet the sharks!
We could have spent the entire day there if we hadn't gotten so worn out climbing stairs, crawling through tunnels and petting sharks! We didn't even get a chance to go outside to the amazing MonstroCity, a huge playground that includes airplane fuselages, castle turrets and giant iron slinkies you can crawl through! The City Museum is worth several vacation reports, but we're already up to #11 and we haven't gotten past Monday yet!
So... next up: Is that the second biggest McDonald's?!
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