10 Week Challenge, Weekend 2

This weekend, I really tried to embrace the challenge and sought a free activity in our local community.  For the past few years, the last Sunday in January has offered free admission to many museums in the Los Angeles area.  My 7-year-old has been begging to see dinosaur fossils, so we packed up the car and ventured to Exposition Park to visit the Natural History Museum.

I will note that admission was free, but we still had to pay for parking ($12 per car, cash only).  Still, for the 6 of us that went, $12 was a small price to pay compared to the approximately $100 admission would normally cost for our large group.  You can bring your own picnic and eat it outside, or you can eat at the on site restaurant.  The restaurant had typical museum priced food ranging from around $5 to $15 per item with fountain drinks coming in at $3.  Again, it's easy to do it all for free if you bring your own, but if you don't, be prepared for the cost of food.

In addition to having the free Sunday admission, we got to speak with a representative from LADWP about ways to reduce water, electricity, and gas consumption.  While we do not live in Los Angeles and don't use their department of water and power, it was very informative.  If you live in the city, check out programs to reduce your bills.  I was a member of the low income program when I lived in North Hollywood years ago and it saved me a lot of money.

Here are some pictures from our wonderful day.  All of my kids had a great time and my husband, who has never seen dinosaur bones up close, was equally pleased with the day.