Vacation places that inspired you!

[Rich Wong]

Ah, the 2006 FIRST season is over and the feel of summer is approaching fast.
It is time for me to plan a FIRSTer vacation!
Since I have three kids vacation always include an educational piece and sometimes homework too.
I call it “vacations for inspiration and recognition of Science and Technology (vfirst!).”
What do you expect from a FIRSTer.

All my kids know that if they don’t came home with a better understanding of the world, history, science, and technology the vacation was not success.
(Yes, I am evil! Ma ha ha )

Here is my list of my most memorable past vacation places for inspiration and recognition of science and technology: (not in any order)

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Ontario Science Museum, Toronto Canada
The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, Virginia
Nauticus, The National Maritime Center, USS Wisconsin, Norfolk, VA
Virginia Marine Science Museum, Virginia Beach, VA
Maryland Science Center, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
National Constitution Center Philadelphia, PA
The Cradle of Aviation Museum, Long Island, NY
Museum of the Earth (Paleontological Research Institution), Ithaca, NY
Wright Brothers National Memorial and Visitor Center National Park, NC
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (engineering marvel) - Tunnel, Virginia

I hope some of you will share with us your vacation places and pictures that have inspirited you (it does not always have to be for science & tech! )