So for the past week, the Aqua Squad and I traveled to the city of Philadelphia. It was So Amazing. In Philly everywhere we went, minus to and from the airport, we walked(note: it's not that bad... I guess.) Everywhere you look in Philly there is another fun museum, aquarium, or some sort of fun attraction such as the Franklin Institute of Science, or The Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Now my favorite part was most definitely the Philadelphia Museum of Art. That's mainly due to their IMMENSE collection of Dark age/Medieval-Renaissance collection of arms and armor. I LOVE EVERYTHING HISTORY! I was also intrigued by their collection of old English art dating back to the 13th through 15th century, and their East Asian and Indian(The country not the Native American-Indian) art, which dates back even further. They even had some original Van Gogh pieces.
At the tail end of the trip, the Aqua squad met with a fellow team focused on water that resides in Philadelphia. We took a bus to the historical Fairmount waterworks that sits on the bank of the Schuylkill River, which used to be the actual water works for the city of Philadelphia, but has now been repurposed to be the Headquarters for Project flow, the Philadelphia based water team. When we got there we were greeted with open arms, the project flow kids were really cool. We got to learn each-others names and played a few games. Once that was done we toured the Schuylkill river and the Philadelphia water treatment plant. That was pretty neat. Once we got back another watershed group came, making there a total of three groups. Finally, each group presented to one another. I think we all learned a lot from one another. What really stood out to me was what Philadelphia's main problem was; they had an over abundance of water. It was really shocking that anyone could have to much water. It's a problem that's on such a different end of the water spectrum that I've never really thought about it before. Have you?
-Written by, Jack McLaughlin.
Now my favorite part was most definitely the Philadelphia Museum of Art. That's mainly due to their IMMENSE collection of Dark age/Medieval-Renaissance collection of arms and armor. I LOVE EVERYTHING HISTORY! I was also intrigued by their collection of old English art dating back to the 13th through 15th century, and their East Asian and Indian(The country not the Native American-Indian) art, which dates back even further. They even had some original Van Gogh pieces.
At the tail end of the trip, the Aqua squad met with a fellow team focused on water that resides in Philadelphia. We took a bus to the historical Fairmount waterworks that sits on the bank of the Schuylkill River, which used to be the actual water works for the city of Philadelphia, but has now been repurposed to be the Headquarters for Project flow, the Philadelphia based water team. When we got there we were greeted with open arms, the project flow kids were really cool. We got to learn each-others names and played a few games. Once that was done we toured the Schuylkill river and the Philadelphia water treatment plant. That was pretty neat. Once we got back another watershed group came, making there a total of three groups. Finally, each group presented to one another. I think we all learned a lot from one another. What really stood out to me was what Philadelphia's main problem was; they had an over abundance of water. It was really shocking that anyone could have to much water. It's a problem that's on such a different end of the water spectrum that I've never really thought about it before. Have you?
-Written by, Jack McLaughlin.