The document summarizes the author's experiences snow tubing and exploring virtual worlds in Babbage and Lake Tahoe. In Babbage, the author and friends encountered melting floors, fell into sewers, and explored underground. They also went on a tram ride and saw beautiful scenery. Later, at the Lake Tahoe resort, the author went snow tubing and sleigh riding, finding the virtual worlds offered more learning potential than initially expected.

1. Snow Tubing in
Tahoe

2. In Babbage
There were a few of us that met up here. Sean had a bit of an issue with “melting”
floors! At least he didn’t fall into the sewers like Matt and I did. 

3. Babbage
We got to have some fun conversation while we explored.

4. Babbage
Look! Sean even broke out his snowboard.

5. Babbage
Aaaaand then I fell into the sewers…

6. The Sewers of Babbage
There was a cool submarine device down here. I was even able to get inside, but
couldn’t figure out how to make it work. This picture is dark, but it is the greenish
looking thing in the middle of the picture.

7. The Sewers of Babbage
OK, there was a really HUGE creep factor down here in the sewers. I heard
chanting…like monastic chants and followed it to the sinister looking monk pictured at
the very top of this snapshot. I couldn’t get any closer because I was stuck in the floor.

8. Still in Babbage
This was a cool room…that is, until I got stuck in a crazy spinning frenzy. I had to
log out and log back in.

9. Babbage
Once I stopped spinning, I was able to explore some more. There was a beautiful
tree in a sort of town square. I tried to capture an image of Matt flying around near
the smoke towers, but wasn’t fast enough.

10. Babbage
Sean, who you can JUST barely see in the left window, and I went for a tram ride. I
was so surprised that we could actually get on the tram when it stopped at the
station.

11. Lake Tahoe Resort
And then Sean took us to the Tahoe resort to SNOWTUBE! It was so much fun!!!

12. Lake Tahoe
The ski lift offered some beautiful views.

13. Lake Tahoe
I even went sleigh riding!

14. Lake Tahoe
After exploring Babbage and the Lake Tahoe resort, I realize that virtual worlds have so
much more potential as learning environments than I’d even imagined. With the ability to
create interactive machines and vehicles, the possibilities are limited only by imagination.