The Butterfly House

Amazing, amazing, amazing. I don't know how many butterflies were in there, but they were everywhere and they were beautiful. The environment in there was very tropical, hot snd humid, but the vegetation was beautiful. The museum also had an Insectarium with live displays of insects and arachnids. It was gross and creepy, but very cool at the same time. There was a large space exhibit complete with a large (maybe lifesized) replica of the Lunar Lander and plenty of hands on exhibits. It was a lot of fun. Great place to take others in the future... I'm sure we'll go often.

We walked around an outdoor shopping area in downtown Durham yesterday called Brightleaf Square. The place seems like it could be cool, but we were there around four pm, and it seems things close up around 3pm after the lunch rush and open again at 5pm during dinner. We'll have to give it another try.

We fianlly found "the mall" of the area. I had read and been told Crabtree Valley Mall was a cool mall. Well, it isn't, really. They have great resteraunts there, like PF Changs and Cheesecake Factory, but that was about it. The Triangle Town Center, on the other hand, had everything we look for in a a mall. Love, love, loved it. It will definately be the mall for us there, as Fashion Show is "our" mall in Las Vegas. It's a great place.

Today we're headed to Charlotte for the statewide teacher job fair. Its about a three hour drive from where we are, but that give us a good opportunity to see other parts of the state. I am looking forward to the drive, and I am sure Beth and Amber are too, but they're a little nervous about the job fair. I delight in the fact I a simply the chaffeur and get to enjoy the experience.