Due to weather, the space shuttle scheduled to land this morning, waved off for a day. We were able to listen to radio calls between mission control and the shuttle as we bought tickets. We really had no idea that a shuttle was even up or coming back, but happened to hit it. Fortunately we missed Obamas visit by a day or two (which would have been a logistics nightmare I'm sure!).We took the bus tour and saw the launch sites for Apollo missions and the shuttle sites, as well as the tracks for the huge crawler that puts the shuttle on the pad, and the runway that the shuttle lands on. The building in the picture behind us is 52 stories tall, and the blue area on the flag is the size of a basketball court. Hard to capture the size and magnitude by camera. It is where they prepare the shuttle and rockets before sending it to the launch pad. There are only 3 more shuttle missions scheduled, and Obama recently announced changes to the plans for NASA, which they are trying to sort out! I have also included a picture of a cool sand sculpture.
Tuesday, EPCOT (Every Person Comes Out Tired!)
Epcot was fun, with a mixture of rides and country emphasis. We ate in England, Morocco and Japan in the same day! They kids really enjoyed the ride in the dome where you could "create the future" and it made a movie using a picture of you taken while on the ride. Pretty humorous because when it said to smile we made crazy faces!
Epcot was fun, with a mixture of rides and country emphasis. We ate in England, Morocco and Japan in the same day! They kids really enjoyed the ride in the dome where you could "create the future" and it made a movie using a picture of you taken while on the ride. Pretty humorous because when it said to smile we made crazy faces!
Disney world is staggering is size! Tomorrow Animal Kingdom!
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