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Educational field trip to Harriet Tubman’s house in Auburn, N.Y. She lived to 91, and would have been 201 years old this year.

The kids got to play with sparklers and pop-its, their first time!

Playing around with long shutter speeds in the Pacific Science Center’s laser dome. Since it’s pitch black in there, this is literally writing with light.

Stewart Park is pretty great , and totally worth the drive to Ithaca. It has: A new accessible play fort, with ramps up wide enough for a wheelchair The funniest drinking fountain ever A spray park!Old school metal playground equipment Swinging benches facing beautiful Cayuga Lake Grills for picnics Carousel in the park, $1 a ride…

Our first stop is always the Dairy Bar, where you can buy ice cream, cheese and yogurt sourced from the smartest cows (Cornell’s resident herd). The Cornell botanic garden is a pretty place to walk off all that ice cream!

The Carl Sagan Planet Walk is a 1 to 5 billion scale model of the solar system. Start at the Sun in The Commons and end with Pluto 0.75 miles away at the Sciencenter.  The first four planets (the ones made of rock and metal) follow the sun in quick succession. The gas giants are…

Sweet Frog treat for a hot day.  Ahhh, AC at the MOST.

Six years of construction and $489 million later, the Colman Dock ferry terminal on the Seattle waterfront is finally open! We went to check out the new terminal and took a quick ride to Bainbridge.

After a three-year hiatus, the free Discovery Park beach shuttle is back! The shuttle runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day. Stops at the visitor’s center, the north parking lot and the beach. Word of advice: don’t try to hop on the last bus of the day, it might…

I could not resist taking another crack at catching the Blue Angels in action. This is the view from Kerry Park in Queen Anne; lots of people but still plenty of room and easy parking. We could glimpse the action over Lake Washington, and the plane made turns over the city. On the last turn…