Del Rosario Adventures: Bower's or Bust?

So, my kids LOVE field trips - I mean LOVE them! We've been trying to work as many in as possible. We decided last week to try the Bower's Museum. They are supposed to have a great exhibit on Native Americans (did you see I used the word supposed?).

So, after our impromptu fabulous trip to the Old Orange County Courthouse and after getting some of our daily work done at the library, we headed over to the Bower's Museum. I had been on their website and printed out a worksheet of questions about the Gabrelino Indians, which I assumed we would find the answers in one of their exhibits. WRONG! There was no mention of this tribe in the entire museum. There was 1 room of Native American baskets and 1 room of Mission history. That's it. Maybe it was because the Kidseum is closed - maybe there's more information there? I was sure I was missing something and inquired - we weren't missing anything except the money we paid to get in (which was kindly refunded). Maybe we'll try again when the Kidseum is open?

The most interesting part was actually the Chinese Art exhibit preview. The kids loved it and we may need to go back and see that. Here are some fun photos from our busted field trip: