Friday, October 12, 2018

California Vacation 2018 - Day 3

TIMELINE

  • 9:00 a.m. Wake up
  • 9:30 a.m. Breakfast at Friendship Motor Inn
  • 10:15 a.m. Arrive La Brea Tar Pits / Page Museum
  • 11:00 a.m. "Titans of the Ice Age 3D"
  • 1:00 p.m. Excavators Tour (Page Museum)
  • 3:45 p.m. Arrive Griffith Observatory
  • 4:00 p.m. Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater film: "The Once and Future Griffith Observatory"
  • 4:30 p.m. Lunch at Cafe at the End of the Universe
  • 5:15 p.m. Planetarium show: "Light of the Valkyries - Our 75th anniversary show reveals the wonders of the northern lights."
  • 6:45 p.m. Leave for hotel
NOTES
  • Thunder and lightning started on way home
  • Listened to classical music on radio KUSC FM 91.5
  • La Brea Tar Pits / Page Museum
    • Tar pull interactive exhibit clearly demonstrates how less than 6 inches of sticky asphalt would doom nearly anything
    • Learned difference between asphalt (natufal) and tar (result of human processing)
    • Asphalt bubbling to the surface on the grounds and marked with green traffic cones
    • We briefly walked around the outside of the LACMA--very nice and worth a future visit
    • Some animatronics 
  • Griffith Observatory
    • Tesla coil
    • Food very good but very expensive
    • Beautiful sunset and view
    • As we exited, listened to warm up at the Greek Theater ("5 Seconds of Summer with The Aces")
    • Learned about radiocarbon dating--it's a dating web site for radioactive C14 looking for the right Oxygen partner to make radioactive CO2

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