You see, about a week ago, he told me not to make any plans for my weekend, that he was taking me somewhere and it was a surprise. This, of course, piqued my interest. I asked him questions which he expertly answered so as to keep me excited, but not reveal anything. The location we were going to was within a 20 mile radius, casual clothing would be worn, it would take up a good portion of the day etc. All I knew was that he was planning something that he was sure I would love. And since I have to work on my birthday, this was to be an early birthday present when I don't live nocturnally.
Saturday rolls around, and where does my Tyler take me to?
BODY WORLDS of course!
Yes folks, I have finally seen the Body Worlds Exhibition I have been dying to see for the past, oh 5 years. You see, back when we were dating, Body Worlds was in Salt Lake City. Tyler was planning on taking me then, but got sick so we delayed our trip. When we planned to go, we discovered that the exhibit had just closed and moved on. We literally missed it by days.
During our marriage, we made a trip to St. Louis and discovered that Body Worlds was scheduled to be there the week after we left. Narrowly missed seeing that yet again. Another time we were in Chicago and Body Worlds had just left the city the week before we were there. When we went up to Seattle, we thought we might be able to see it because it was in Vancouver BC, but I didn't have a passport and couldn't cross the border. Basically, we had rotten luck.
And then Tyler heard on the radio that the exhibit was going to be at OMSI, right in Portland! I have no idea how we missed it, we looked on the website many times for when it would be in our area for us to go see it, and saw nothing coming near us. By some freak of nature, it came to Portland and I have finally seen it.
And it didn't disappoint. So many awesome things to see! It made me miss the good ol days of anatomy studying all of the muscle group names, bone names etc. And Tyler loved it too. He learned a ton and we both loved spending time together seeing something so fascinating. The best part? There was a real giraffe part of the exhibit. Yep, you turn the corner and suddenly there is a huge, once live, giraffe facing you with the muscles/intestines exposed. Totally fascinating to see such a huge trachea!
Thanks Tyler for the wonderful gift!
