Science North - June 28

Are you impressed?  We unhitched yesterday to go for ice cream and even with having to put everything back together we managed to get to the Sudbury Science North by 1030.  Not bad as far as I am concerned.  We got inside and decided to spend the $20 to go to Body World Vital - the Canadian Premier.  Last time we went to the Body World's exhibit in Edmonton it was over $20 / person and it was timed entry but here it was much more resonable.  I figured the younger two kids were old enough to see the exhibit now as it really talked about the importance of healthy decisions for a long life.  Good message to learn.  The rest of the science centre was also amazing - lots to see and learn.  Space travel, human body, butterflies, snakes, insects.  Shanti was brave enough to eat a super worm and Navras went on the human gyroscope!  All the kids held a tarantula and we all went to a 4D movie about wildfires.  It was amazing.  Not only did the seats move but they had wind, smoke, and water effects too!  How cool.  We shut down the science centre - or rather we stayed in it past the time it closed and even watched a person learning how to give demostrations!  It was a good day.

From here we jeaded to Sturgeon Falls near North Bay.  Before we got there we did a quick stop at the Costco to get propane and some a bug zapper.  We decided we didn't want to do another night without it.  We finally pulled over into the KOA campsite around 7 which was a great time.  There was suppose to be a great falls in the area but Greg, the host of the campground, laughed when I asked him about it.  He made me a deal - he would take us out on his pontoon boat if we stayed anyway!  We went for it and sure enough about 10 minutes later we were on the boat going down the Sturgeon River.  What a beautiful site it was.  So peaceful, or it was until it started to rain!  Thankfully, the rain only lasted a few minutes and was done before we got back to the campsite and had to set up.  That night was not great.  The campsite was great but for some reason we ended up with a camper full of mosquitoes.  NOT FUN.  I, foolishly, sprayed the kids with bug spray and ended up setting off the propane alarm.  I have to say I was quite freaked out.  While I figured it was due to the bug spray since we had filled up earlier I couldn't be sure.  I yelled at the kids to get outside and we hung out as mosquito bait for a while.  Finally, the alarm stopped going off but we were all just a little too wired to go to sleep.  Thankfully, we got three nice phone calls from back home which helped me relax and sleep.  Apologies to those who phoned for not telling you this but I didn't want to worry you.  While this technically belongs in the next day post I did get the propane tanks checked out in the morning by an RV dealership and he said all was fine.  Nothing to worry about.