A Science-and-Art Kind of Saturday

Last June I bought us the "SLC Attractions Pass" on Groupon.  It included about two dozen area attractions and activities.  It was going to expire right after our summer trip and there were several items we hadn't used yet, so I twisted everyone's arms into going up to Salt Lake for a couple of activities the Saturday before school got out.  Thank goodness we all had a good time and nobody was upset about having to go to the Tracy Aviary at Liberty Park, and the Leonardo Museum on Library Squre.

We had beautiful weather for our visit to Tracy Aviary.  The highlight was definitely the bird show, with exciting fly-overs and interesting and comical commentary.  After that we enjoyed walking around and checking out the huge variety of birds in the park, stopping to play at the playground for a bit, and even hugging a sweater-clad tree.

We made a stop for lunch, then on to the Leonardo museum.  I was excited to finally see what this museum had to offer.  We explored the downstairs first: a cool interactive exhibit all about flight, and a big art studio with a community art project that Ben, Cat, and I participated in while Jack, Eliza, and Luke sculpted.  Then upstairs it was more fun interactive science displays, which ended up being our favorite area.