Saturday afternoon, Kim and I took a trip to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. We made advanced reservations online for the Expedition Health exhibit, arrived at our scheduled time, and we immediately starting working our way through the crowds. Upon entry, we were given a Peak Pass card, which was inserted into various stations throughout the exhibit, recording various data along the way.

Though many of the stations are a bit more kid friendly than I was hoping, there are still some amazing machines throughout. One of my favorites was a vein viewer machine, which magically displayed your veins on your arm and even allowed to see the direction of blood flow. Also there was a machine where two people sit down across from each other, put on a head strap, and try to relax. The winner is the person who is more relaxed. I beat Kim in this challenge!

After spending at least two hours throughout this exhibit, we caught a movie at the IMAX, Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk. The movie is full of action-packed river rafting sequences, great music provided from the Dave Matthews Band, and lessons on how everyone can help conserve our limited clean, fresh water. Though I’m already aware of most of what I can do to help, the movie seemed to open the eyes of many of the older folks in the group, as evident from a conversation I overheard after the film.

We also explored the various wildlife exhibits and the space odyssey section. Overall, I was shocked at how much was inside the museum and even though we probably saw less than half of what is displayed, we still managed to spend over five hours there. You could easily spend an entire day at the museum if you wanted to see it all in one visit. I was definitely impressed after our visit and would not be opposed to visiting again in the future.