Discovery Museum

It's a bit of a hike to get to, but the Discovery Museum is so perfect for a child Asa's age that we had to make a day trip.

And the first room was all trains.  It was definitely going to be a good day.

The big train cab looked a lot like Thomas the Tank Engine, which just added to the experience.

From there we moved into the ball-maze room, which was, if anything, even better than the trains.

This was just one of the little ones - the big ones went all around the room, and rang bells and knocked over dominoes.  Asa was enthralled.

There was also water:

and bubbles (sorry it's sideways):


and boats (in various locations):

and huge, cool instruments:

and... wait, Mummy, is that a Dinosaur?

Yes, honey.  Her name is Bessie.

But no, you can't climb her.

To cap it all, on the way home we stopped at a railroad crossing for a local commuter train.  The perfect end to a wonderful day.