Craig's blog

Today was our last full day.  We got up early and were on the road before 7.  We drove to Kennedy Space Center where we read we should expect to spend 5 hours minimum.  They were right.  We got there just after 11.  We started with the bus tour, first to an observation deck, which wasn’t worth the stop, then to the Saturn V exhibit, which was very impressive.  We also ate lunch at this location.

Next we returned to the main visitor area.  They have just brought the shuttle Atlantis to a permanent display here.  It was awesome to see and walk around the shuttle.  I’ll put up some photos when I get home. 

Then we went to the shuttle launch simulator which gives you some of the sensations of riding a shuttle during launch.  We’d heard it was very impressive, but it didn’t do so much for me.  I enjoyed the description of the launch from astronauts that rode on the shuttle more.

We hurried to catch the Imax move we’d been hoping to catch at 4:00, but missed it, so we finally left.

We drove to downtown Cocoa, FL, where we planned to take in their 4^th celebration.  We parked at city hall (in 5 spaces including the mayors).  I eventually checked with the police and several city councilmen and everyone said it was okay.  We made dinner, then went down to the park and sat in our chairs and listened to their symphony orchestra and then watched fireworks.  It was a nice 4^th celebration.

Finally we drove to our RV park in Cocoa.  Tomorrow we return the motorhome (which all the girls really like) and then spend the rest of the day in airports and planes.