The Stock Market closed early today, being Good Friday, so Elijah was done with work around noon. He wanted to take charge of the field trip for this week, so I got the kids in the car and picked him up. He said he had something special in mind. We drove down to San Jose and visited the Tech Museum of Innovation. I'm sure you are thinking "That's special?" Well, let me clarify. The Tech Museum was hosting a special exhibition "Star Trek: Where science meets science fiction." Most of you know that we love Star Trek, and the children watch the original episodes every Wednesday with their dad. This was truly a treat for my kids. The exhibition was amazing. It spread across 15000 square feet and was full of original gadgets, uniforms, and many other items used in all five Star Trek television series and movies. Photography wasn't allowed in most areas, except by the staff. Nevertheless, we all had a blast. The kids enjoyed looking at the uniforms, phasers, tricorders, communicators, and many more gadgets. They loved being beamed up, learning about the Borg Cube, playing Star Trek trivial pursuit, and taking the role of the captain by sitting on his chair in the bridge.
Can you see us beaming up?
A Star Trek Family
Then, took a ride through Star Trek adventure in a full-motion simulator.
We found some of our favorite episode settings.
Most of all, we indulged ourselves at the souvenir shop.
(Just kidding!)
Thank you, Elijah, for a fantastic field trip.
Can you see us beaming up?
(Just kidding!)
This looks like so much fun! I didn't know that San Jose had anything like this so I'm glad Elijah found out about it and took you all to experience such a neat exhibition. One of my fondest memories like this is when we went as a family to the Lord of the Rings special movie collection exhibition in London in Jan. 2004 and I got to see Return of the King in the theater (twice! in two days). We had been living in Poland and needed some R&R. It is great to enjoy such things all together as a family. Now, if they had Commander Riker on display in San Jose ... I would have been first in line at that exhibit!!
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