Our visit to Houston began with a night’s stay at the Palms RV Park. The boys were able to ride their bikes around the park while the parents did some laundry. A light sprinkle serenaded us to sleep. The next day was Space Center Houston. What an awesome place! The rain from the night before turned into showers, including thunderstorms and lightening, which kept us from the Tram Tour for a few hours. But with plenty of exhibits inside the Space Center, it wasn’t a biggie. Thankfully, the thunder and lightening let up enough for the tours to resume, and we made it out to Mission Control. While there, a “Shelter in Place” warning came through, so we had the added bonus of staying in Mission Control longer than the tour usually allows. The guide there told us more detailed info and there was time for a short movie and questions. Sitting in the observation galley, in the very chairs observers used forty-nine years ago to witness as Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, that was a goosebump moment. It’s still the same fabric, wood, everything. We left NASA and headed up to see more stadiums, including the Texans’ and Rockets’. Now being Warriors fans, while they’re battling out the series, was pretty fun timing. We took our flag, as you see from the picture, and held it up in front of the arena. The security guard saw us and laughed as he said we couldn’t take a picture there. The boys and I continued to walk around and found an even better entrance to take a picture in front of. The same guard was there by then and when he saw us, he said “Oh no. You REALLY can’t take that picture here!” All said with a smile. It turns out he’s a Cavs fan anyway. I told him we could’t be friends anymore… It was fun and memorable. Brodee was worried we might get jumped having our flag out like that. We headed out for Dallas and spent the night somewhere about 30 miles south of Big D.

NRG Stadium, home of the Houston Texans

Brodee and Ean in a flight simulator

Us flying with a simulated flock of geese.

Ean, weightlifting on the moon

Dayne, practicing a lunar landing

Albert is touching an actual rock that came from the moooooooonnnnn!!!!!