Toronto, Canada TRIP Day 3/9

10/6/13

I'm waking up
to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals
AND THEN I EAT
So today for breakfast, we are actually eating homemade food, courtesy of the landlord, Mary! She baked us some bread and gave us butter and Nutella! The best thing since sliced bread. Wait, no, I think the iPhone 20 was the best thing since sliced bread. But it was made for sliced bread, at least. I hope...
     We carpooled Ruby and took her with us to Ontario Science Centre! I did not misspell that! If you have a problem with the spelling, please contact 1-800-BAD-SPEL. Please call 8-1-1 if you are going to dig. Know what's below. Call before you dig. But really. Calling Charles Pitman is the way to go! Call 533-5000! Your favorite attorney.
     So the Toronto Science Centre charged $22 for adults, $16 for Seniors, and $13 for children (3-12). Even though I'm eleven, I could probably pass off as a child for 5 more years. Go midgets! Anyway, I don't have much to say, other than the fact that the museum was pretty big, and that level one is at the top of the building and level six is at the bottom.

At the beginning, there was a long, yellow ruler with rocks that showed... rocks. I think it's probably either the time the rock/mineral was formed, or when it was first discovered.

Okay, now this rock kind of freaked me out, the one with the holes. I have a phobia called "trypophobia", which is an intense, irrational fear of holes. So, if the following photo gives you goosebumps or make you feel uneasy, you may have it.

I really wonder how this is a rock.

Okay, the evil pictures are gone. We now return to your regular schedule.

This shows how to tell how old a tree is.

There was one activity where you stand on a weight, and then it will calculate how big your wings would be if you could fly.

4.55 meters. Wow.

This is another activity where you take a photo of yourself, and then cover up your faces with other peoples' eyes, nose, and mouth.

Disgustingly awesome!

The work in progress.

 See how your muscles in your eye move with these 6 levers!

Also see how far you need to be in order for the bar to be balanced.

Which wheel would go first: the light, wooden one, or the hollow, heavy metal one?

Squeeze the grip for a strength test!

How fast are your reflexes when driving?

This was a challenge to see if you could trace a star with a little pen. The pen has a magnet which will cause the machine to beep if you go outside the little star's boundary. It may seem easy and all, but you have to use a MIRROR. It's really hard for me to do, but just imagine a doctor's life.

This is the impossible ladder. Watch from this TV connected to a camera to see me do the impossible.

WHOA!

We left the museum after basically finishing everything, and then we went to the harbor and walked around.

A curvy bridge!

Everybody has to eat! Ruby recommended a restaurant to us, and drove over there.

There's a lot of food, and I only remember land mixed with onion and peppers, Mapo Tofu, and eggplant. There was also one that required a propane grill.

We sent Ruby back to her apartment, we drove back to our house, and slept.