Flushing Meadows Park

Thursday, April 16, although not the last day of Spring Break, was the last day we had a big adventure. We went out to the New York Hall of Science in Queens and spent the afternoon exploring the museum. I think the favorite part was the BubbleMania Show we saw while there. The starring bubble-maker-man has been blowing bubbles for over 20 years and had all sorts of cool tricks. He made a few bubble sculptures, and filled some bubbles with smoke. He made a square bubble and filled others with helium. And his grand finale was filling a bubble with FIRE. Very cool. Do not try that at home! The girls spent some time in the science center playing with bubbles, also.





After the science center we headed into the park to walk around, see the globe and towers (which I'm sure you recognize from Will Smith's movie Men In Black) from the World's Fair in 1964 (where my mother first learned about the LDS church at a pavilion they had there). The park is not far from LaGuardia airport, so every 2 or 3 minutes another plane would fly overhead. We also saw the new Citi Field, home of the Mets. Ended up eating some food from a little Mexican food truck and then headed back to Manhattan.