{"id":9,"date":"2007-04-05T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/?p=9"},"modified":"2010-04-06T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T03:19:18","slug":"crayola-factory-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":"Crayola Factory fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crayola.com\/factory\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crayola Factory<\/a> today. They don&#8217;t actually make crayons there, but it was still fun.<\/p>\n<p>One of the exhibits they have allows children to draw on an glass wall:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4904.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4905.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The upper two stories are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crayola.com\/factory\/index.cfm?action=plan.about\" target=\"_blank\">National Canal Museum<\/a>. Mechel took a ship through some locks:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4924.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4925.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Mechel and Zaidy built a crane to unload the barges:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4929.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4930.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4931.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4937.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Out the window, I could see the windows of the next building:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"307\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4945.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Bubby and Zaidy:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4963.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Mechel and Baila watch a movie about the locks:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4967.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4972.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>They had a train section, and Mechel and Baila played in a wooden train they had on display. Mechel practised his drumming:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4981.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4983.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Back in the Crayola section, we bought a baseball cap and handbag that Mechel and Baila colored with special pens that become permanent once ironed and washed:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4992.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4994.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4996.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_4998.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5012.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5015.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5018.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Bubbe and Zaidy were very patient:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5009.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5019.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>My attempt at &#8220;artsy&#8221; shots:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5021.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5027.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We then went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostcave.com\/cave1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lost River Cave<\/a> in Hellertown, a few miles down the road. The store associated with it was quite ecclectic:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5029.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5034.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Going down:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5088.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Watch your head:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5043.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>They have chunks of minerals set up that glow when subjected to ultraviolet light:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5054.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The river at the end of the cave. Where does it go? Nobody knows:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5075.jpg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rock formations:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5058.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5065.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\" src=\"IMG_5081.jpg\" width=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>It was a long day, but we had fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went to the Crayola Factory today. They don&#8217;t actually make crayons there, but it was still fun. One of the exhibits they have allows children to draw on an glass wall: The upper two stories are the National Canal Museum. Mechel took a ship through some locks: Mechel and Zaidy built a crane to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wymore.net\/benandtricia\/blog\/ben3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}