2024 Apr 07 | Texas with family - Science Mill



Mexican for lunch.



Beef.



Fish.



A nice mural for Johnson City, TX.



Mars Rover exhibit in front of the Science Mill.



Controlling the Mars Rover from inside.



Putting a pin in where you're from.



Giant K'nex ferris wheel.



You can create a user avatar to use throughout the museum.



Nice flower.



Fish and a snail.



Neon fish.



If you send a text or make a call, this Cell Phone Disco adds red blocks.



It's called the Science Mill because it used to be a mill.



You can see the old walls.



Rain simulator.



Lots of stuff in here.



Music via fruit.



Statues of local animals.



Aw, the VR flying machine wasn't working.



Looks cool, though.



Marionette.



Prehistoric shark jaws.



Rocket.



In the next room.



Interactive screen.



Power station game. You increase or decrease different types of power to stay within the allowed range.



VR goggles.



Every 3D designer makes a chess set at some point.



Hooking circuits together to make a bulb light up.



Other electronics.



The next room has animals.



Poison dart frogs.



Giant vinegaroon.



A chameleon.



He has lots of ridges along his head.



It's scales are so neat.



An employee keeping it moist.



Fluorescent fish and an axolotl.



It doesn't look real.



You can see the zebrafish embryo's heart beat.



Ogii using the microscope.



Checking out the tardigrades, or water bears.



There are a couple.



Lots of things you can touch.



Looking in a mirror with a multi-colored spiral above.



Outside.



Tortoise.



Big dishes to hear someone far away.



Demonstrating leverage.



A giant hand whose fingers you can control.



Huge ball sculpture.



Although the balls get stuck in this wooden maze. They need to clear out the leaves.



Beyond that...



... is a lunch area.



Old silos.



Driving back to Fredericksburg. There are a ton of bright flowers on the roads.



RVs at the wineries. Lots of porta potties, too.



The town had some neat old houses.



Presents for Bruce.



A couple of different ones.



Playing Monopoly.



With only three properties, I don't think Ogii is going to win. At least she can drown her sorrow in the wine.



Siblings.