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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural HistorySanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: 07/25/07

Sunday, July 15, was our only full day in Santa Barbara. The kids got us up early at 7 and we quickly dressed and had breakfast in the meeting room by the pool. It made me smile sitting at the same table as back in 2001 when I was newly pregnant with Sean. Now we had a full table with two boisterous kids.

We headed down to Santa Barbara and up the hill towards the mission. The Natural History Museum is behind the Santa Barbara Mission in a beautiful forest of California live oaks. We got there a few minutes before the museum opened but Sean spotted a bug and watching it crawl along the tiles was enough entertainment while we waited.

The first thing we did was visit the "Butterflies Alive" exhibit. Sean and I had fun taking photographs of the butterflies. We got some of the best butterfly photographs we've ever managed to take.

We also saw a lovely exhibit of pygmy mammoth bones, one on the sea life around the Channel Islands, a butterfly hatchery and a some information on the Chumash.

The museum also has a small but modern planetarium. The man running the show knew all about the recent reclassification of Pluto and the discovery of the dwarf planets. The best part was that the show wasn't scripted. Harriet was a little freaked by the planetarium at first but Ian got her calmed down to enjoy the show.

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