Day 8-Denver

This morning we headed into Denver for the day. (Pam and Patty, I thought of you both several times!! I never did see Mile High Stadium, though!) We don't have many pictures from today because they don't let you take cameras into the US Mint and so we didn't carry it. We first visited the state capital building and took a quick look around. (We added it to our state capital "collection.") The Mint tour was a fun tour with funny, engaging tour guides.

After that we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This was a GREAT museum, probably the best natural museum that we have seen. There was a great rock/mineral/gems exhibit. We always enjoy a good rock exhibit! Other favorites were several different demonstrations on what would happen if we were in space without a suit using a special vacuum chamber. We also saw a demonstration of a dissection of a sheep's brain and lung. It was very interesting!! One nice thing was a great butterfly/moth/insect display because it was a great review of what we had learned in science this year.

We are now spending the night in Cheyenne, Wyoming and we will visit their state capital tomorrow. Today brought us up to 38 states.