SoCal Girl Visits The California Science Center

Last weekend was full of adventures. A, other A, and I visited Exposition Park Rose Gardens, the Endeavor Exhibit at The California Science Center and took LA public transportation for the first time ever (sad I know)!

Instead of driving and trying to find parking in downtown LA, we decided to take the train there. It would be faster, and we would avoid traffic and the difficulties of parking in dtLA. We quickly got Tap cards and loaded them with $3.50/each, and made our way upstairs, and within minutes we were boarding our train. 

We had apparently chosen the wrong day to go to this side of LA...USC was playing at The Colosseum and so scores of USC fans piled into the train and once we got to Exposition Park, it was just a sea of red and gold tents. A and I had both gone to UCLA, and he was wearing a UCLA shirt so he got a bunch of comments from the hundreds upon hundreds of alumni, students, and fans pouring in.





We made it to Exposition Park in about 15 minutes, and walked through the beautiful Rose Gardens that surrounded the waterfall at the entrance.

Next, we decided to go explore the California Science Center and check out the Endeavor space shuttle. After much confusion and much wandering around, we finally found the entrance to the Endeavor Exhibit, bought our tickets and went inside.

The Endeavor exhibit was really cool, with lots of neat information about what life was like in the space shuttle, including how they ate, how they went to the bathroom, what they brought aboard with them, etc.

Space Toilet

Space Oven

Operations Support Center

Rocket Simulator

Once we were done with the Endeavor Exhibit, we went and explored the rest of the open exhibits. We'd all been dying to go to the Pompeii Exhibit, but unfortunately it was sold out for the day. Instead we explored the Kelp Gardens, the Sea Animal Food Chains, and a bunch of other interactive and/or simulator exhibits. 

Ocean Simulator

Wind and Mountains Simulator

The Kelp Exhibit

The California Science Center was quite the interesting and informative adventure. I'll definitely have to go back soon to check out the Pompeii Exhibit!!