Last weekend, my Lovie and I packed up and headed south to Houston, TX. It was a much needed time of rest and refreshment. Since I had Thursday and Friday off we headed down on Thursday and spent the whole weekend.
We sat in our hotel room on Thursday night and pulled out
the hotel book of things to do. You know that book, the one every hotel has of
area attractions. We saw that we were literally minutes away from Space Center
Houston. So we decided to make a day of it and off we headed the next morning.
If you plan to make a trip to the Space
Center, buy your tickets online. You save $5/ticket buying your tickets this
way. Good thing I had coupons from our hotel, so I got us the same deal.
The Tram
Our first stop was the tram. The security guy told us that
was where we should start and I am so glad that we listened. The Tram Tour
takes about an hour. It takes you all over the Space Center. We saw the
Original Mission Control (complete with original ashtrays), where Astronauts
train, & got to be up close with the Mercury Rocket.
Meet an Astronaut
This was my Lovie’s favorite part! We got to listen to
a real astronaut. Greg had all of his questions ready at the end to ask Leroy.
And yes he brought this picture home.
This show and museum was my favorite part of the trip. It
was here that we got to “meet” several important figures from space history. We
were able to look at moon rocks, touch a moon rock, and see one of the lunar
rovers (well the practice rover, did you know the real ones are still on the
moon?).
Saturday our main focus was rest. We slept in, went out for
a late lunch at Pappa’s BBQ, and then got ready to head to the wedding of our
friends Jeff & Lizzie. We got first pick at seats (because we were that
early). The wedding was beautiful and we had a great time visiting with
friends.
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