Monday, September 15, 2008
It All Happened at the Zoo
Yeah, a bit late, but here's the pix from our visit to the Santa Barbara zoo last June. Check 'em out:
Next from the archive: More of the Star Trek Experience.
- Otters: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Lazy Gibbon
- Lemurs: 1, 2
- Find the three turtles
- Two easier-to-find turtles
- Penguin
- Hornbill
- Gorilla
- I'm not one for the whole man-from-monkeys thing, but this is some compelling evidence
- Giraffe
(Yes, that's it tongue) - Flamingos: 1, 2
- Boat anchored offshore
Next from the archive: More of the Star Trek Experience.
Labels: California, Zoo
Saturday, July 05, 2008
The Ocho
For those of you keeping score, Phil turned eight at the end of last month.
We interrupt this blog for the following announcement from The Simpsons:
A special Staf Trek exhibit was on display at the museum. Phil got to sit in the original Captain's Chair. Let the argements begin: who fills the chair better: Kirk or Capt. Phil?
We interrupt this blog for the following announcement from The Simpsons:
Warden: You kiddin'? Look -- [shows painting] he painted a unicorn in outer space. I'm asking you: What's it breathin'?Which reminds me: while on our trip to San Diego, we stopped at the Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park. Here are a few pix of Phil.
Homer: Air?
Warden: Ain't no air in space.
Homer: There's an air-in-space museum.
(Episode CABF05: Pokey Mom)
- Dina and Phil in a kit plane
- Dina and Phil by the Apollo 9 orbital craft
- Phil by an astronaut spacesuit
(the last time Phil posed with an astronaut space suit he was about 8 months old and looked like this)
A special Staf Trek exhibit was on display at the museum. Phil got to sit in the original Captain's Chair. Let the argements begin: who fills the chair better: Kirk or Capt. Phil?
Labels: California, Philpix
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Knights Tournament at LegoLand
A week ago we were at LegoLand, down in the San Diego area. Not quite the Disney experience, but we had fun. The ride we spent the most time on was Knights Adventure, essentially a giant robot arm that swings you all around (what it has to do with knights we never figured out). Phil and I wound up riding it three times before the day was over.
It looked like this.
There are five levels of intensity for the ride. Because Phil is a few inches short of the height requirement for the upper three, Level Two ("The Bear") was the most-intense we qualified for and the one we rode every time. Level One was called "The Monkey;" as far as I could tell that one never turned the chair sideways or parallel to the ground. Phil and I decided there should also be a Level Zero ("The Guppy") where you sit stationary and swing your legs for a minute.
The music, by the way, comes from a give-away set of film score samples composed by Christopher Franke, a one-time member of Tangerine Dream who also did all the music for (one of my all-time favorite shows) Babylon 5. Check out his website for more.
It looked like this.
There are five levels of intensity for the ride. Because Phil is a few inches short of the height requirement for the upper three, Level Two ("The Bear") was the most-intense we qualified for and the one we rode every time. Level One was called "The Monkey;" as far as I could tell that one never turned the chair sideways or parallel to the ground. Phil and I decided there should also be a Level Zero ("The Guppy") where you sit stationary and swing your legs for a minute.
The music, by the way, comes from a give-away set of film score samples composed by Christopher Franke, a one-time member of Tangerine Dream who also did all the music for (one of my all-time favorite shows) Babylon 5. Check out his website for more.
Labels: California, LegoLand, Philpix
