![]() ![]() They ride approximately 36 feet across the atrium and return to the platform.” Yes, I was a tad nervous, but survived…for a few more weeks anyway. The bicycle trip starts with the visitor riding backward out of a controlled loading area. As visitors mount the bicycle for a “ride,” they peer down to the floor approximately 43 feet below. It was described on the website like this: “The High Wire Bicycle rests precariously on a guide wire suspended across an open expanse of the California Science Center’s grand atrium. ![]() Somehow on that day Tracy talked me into going on the High Wire Bicycle. Tracy and I had visited the California Science Center back in 2010, just a few weeks before my long hospitalization, which could have turned ironic if I had died since we had gone to see the Mummies Of The World Exhibition (photo of mummy…the guy on the right wise guy… is from the internet…photos were not allowed). ![]() Our friends Susan and Lenny accompanied us. Parking is $10, which is more than the four tickets (even with the “convenience” charge) combined. The parking lot for the California Science Center is located adjacent to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, home of USC football, the site of the 19 Olympics and former home of the Los Angeles (now St. The tickets are free, but you have to pay a $2 “convenience” charge to print them out at home. We had purchased our timed tickets on line, and I chose for us to go as early as possible (10 a.m.). I’ve been interested in space travel ever since the Mercury astronaut days, so I was excited to be able to see the shuttle up close, not knowing I’d even get a little Mercury fix at the end. Space Shuttle Endeavour/California Science Center – Los AngelesĮveryone gets spaced out living in Los Angeles, so what better way to spend Memorial Day 2013 than head down to the California Science Center to check out the Space Shuttle Endeavour. ![]()
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