Last quiet days

Since our last hospital visit we have had three days with a chance to get out and about.
On Friday we returned to the Science Center and spent a few hours looking at completely different things from our previous visit. We saw a practical and amusing presentation about hot and cold and at the end Daniel got evaporating liquid nitrogen blown around his shorts; certainly the coolest he has been all week!
On Saturday we went to the zoo as there was plenty that we hadn't seen first time. Before the sea lion show started one of the staff asked Daniel if he would like to meet a sea lion afterwards, and Daniel excitedly said yes. As the audience dispersed at the finish the compere allowed Daniel and I through the fence to allow him to get his wheelchair next to the pool. The 250lb sea lion flipped out of the water and sat next to Daniel, and at the trainer's signal the sea lion rested his chin on Daniel's head!
Sunday's trip was to the Missouri Botanical Garden where they had life-sized model dinosaurs on display within the vegetation in a large dome-shaped tropical greenhouse. Daniel shouted at one of the larger dinosaurs, "Do you want a piece of me?" - he seems to be picking up the local language very well!