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Ft Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science
Mouse Trap!

We spent a day in Ft Lauderdale this week, while Ray's Mini was in for service. Oddly enough, all service must go through the Lauderdale shop, even though Mini is now owned by BMW. No matter, a quick search of "things to do in Ft Lauderdale" the night before and we decided on the Musuem of Discovery and Science, conveniently a few miles from the dealership and right across from the Riverfront historical park.

This functional Mouse Trap covers the entire entrance to the Musuem (I loved that game as a kid!). The displays include a little of everything (space, air travel, conservation, science, nature), almost all of which is interactive (very few things your not allowed to touch). We had a great time, despite the hearing test (field trip day!!!). They even have an IMAX Theater (the screen is 3 stories tall x 5 stories wide!). Again, the sound was a tad loud (maybe our ear drums were just maxed out), but if your a movie buff it's the ultimate in movie going experience. We saw the new remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still (very good!). Museum and Movie fees totaled $32 for the both of us - outstanding value for an entire day of enterainment!

What we first considered a bit of an inconvenience, actually made us get out of the office for a day (practically unheard of!) and I'm glad for it. We're looking forward to going back in Feb for the Mini's first oil change ... at 15K Miles!!! A difficult concept for us to grasp, even though we've been using synthetic oil in all of our vehichles for many years (which allows 6-7K between each change)

Besides catching Madagascar 2 at the Imax, we're going to investigate the half dozen or so historical buildings in the Riverfront Park, that were build by the same man in the early 1900's (1905-?).