Lately our kids are old enough that traveling with them is less painful. Also after the bomb cyclone, we were all ready for a little sunshine. So we headed to Texas for Spring Break.
We visited a cool aquarium. Lately the kids are obsessed with ocean stuff. I think it's time they watched Jaws.
Then on to the space center in Houston. That was an amazing experience. This is the 747 that carried the space shuttles, along with a hi-fi replica of the space shuttle Independence. We went in both.
This is mission control. For real. They told us that you could apply to work there if you have a science or engineering degree. I briefly entertained a change of careers until they also said that mission control employees had to be calm in stressful situations. Moving right along...
to the really cool room where they work on all the stuff to transport astronauts to the International Space Station and eventually to Mars.
Then we saw a real Saturn Rocket that was scheduled to be part of a mission that got scrapped. It was gigantic and so cool.
Then back to Galveston for some seashell hunting
and some lovely sunshine.
At some point there was something about a zoo, I think.
And then more beach time. It was warm but weirdly foggy. Better than getting sunburned, I say.
Perfect weather for enjoying Whataburger on the beach.
We wrapped the trip up with massive amounts of saltwater taffy made by this establishment:
You can never have too much taffy.
