Science and Fried Chicken

Sunday we took the day to drive to Roanoke to visit Granny since we hadn't spent much time with her recently. The original plan was for her to do the yard crawl with Charles like they've done the last few years, but with Papa gone on a motorcycle trip she didn't want to leave Jaxs in a kennel so she asked us to come visit.

Charles wanted fried chicken to eat for lunch, so we ventured to Thelma's Chicken & Waffles, the top rated chicken shack in Roanoke. None of us had been before, and it did not disappoint. The waffles were delicious, and Charles gave the chicken top marks. Sophie agreed. She ate chicken, waffle, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, bacon, and biscuit. We had no shortage of food, that's for sure!

Since we were downtown, we decided to see if the science museum was open, and it was! It is located in the Center in the Square, along with a history museum, butterfly garden, planetarium, and rooftop gardens. It really is a cool building. Our tickets today were only good for the science museum; we'll have to try the history floors another day. The photos below show the hands on nature of most all of the exhibits.

Touch tank with hermit crabs, sea stars, and horseshoe crabs

Hannah enjoyed watching this remora for quite some time

Practicing being meteorologists and playing with the green screen

Resulting in the "invisibility cloak" look

A game that uses brainwaves to move a tiny little ball

Huge cast model of a dinosaur skeleton

Hannah wasn't thrilled that I asked her to stick her head in the T. rex's mouth

Playing with the coriolis effect

It's electric!

Nothing says fun like watching coins go round and round

Atop the rooftop garden

There was also a fish pond up there

Me and my honey