Super Slacker

Don't forget to set your clocks back today!!


I've been one lazy girl!

It's taking soo long to post my story about Florida.

Well here's the last of it and one of the most exciting days.

I know we didn't start out too early since almost every other morning was begun around 7 or 8. The goal was to head to Cocoa and see the uncle's place, sort of.

Stopped at a Waffle House on the way. Spending many years growing up in the south - Sebring, FL - one has certain food favorites. Nothing like grits from a Waffle House. I wouldn't say that eateries in Florida have the same health codes as WI. But we did have a good breakfast.

Since Cocoa is near the Kennedy Space Center we dropped of the G-folks and made a small road trip. As kids, my bro and I have been there many times. This is the first for the niece and nephew and it's been so many years since we've been there.

We didn't get there until early afternoon. We just missed the opportunity to see all the Kennedy sites. We could have driven to the different areas since that was allowed but the last tour bus had already left.

I was just happy to even be there and able to check it out. Bro, the kids and my mom wanted to see the IMAX show. I and IMAX are no longer great friends, so they went to see it.

As you can see from the above picture and my cute little nephew, there is plenty to cover for just this area. If you check out the other parts of the picture, there is the shuttle launch pad. Wouldn't that have been cool to check that area out?! If I remember right, there was to be a shuttle launch the next Friday. This one was not published. Not sure this one had people or what the media considers "important".

We did the only ride that was there - robot scouts. This was updated and had recent space shots and space information. Jake thought it was awesome that there would be so much work the robots do for humans. Loved the holograms NASA put together for this informative ride/area.

Just before the IMAX show let out, there was an Astronaut speaker. This astronaut was at MIR/International Space Station somewhat recently. He discussed how he moved to Russia, trained with their astronauts, learned the language, and stayed with a host family for about 6 months before moving the family all the way there.

I was lucky enough to get my question asked and answered. I asked how he learned Russian and how quickly he had to learn it. He stated that they had him learn some of it here but sent him to Russia to learn the right dialect.

Another best part - getting up close to a shuttle. They have one of the decommission shuttles permanently parked on the grounds. NASA even has a set of the jet rockets that propel the shuttle into orbit, on the grounds as well.

For the secret writer there is a possibility of a free class.

Oh here's a lovely item for your lover. ;) (thanks tigger!)

Ok kids it's finally off to bed with me. I've been watching way too much TV.

Here's some movies to go check out:
Doom, Good Night and Good Luck, Zathura, Weather Man, Harry Potter and The goblet of Fire, The Legend of Zorro, and Transporter 2. See you at the movies!