Orlando Vacation - Day 7 - Kennedy Space Center
(Note: While this blog is being written on Friday, I have no idea when it will be posted. Due to a complete systems failure at our resort, we have no wifi and thus no way to post this at the moment.)
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We finished our vacation with a bang visiting the Kennedy Space Center. "Awesome" is an over-used word but entirely appropriate in this case. This. Was. Awesome. An absolute trip highlight and probably one of the best things I've ever done.
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What did we see? Everything: space shuttles, a couple of 3D Imax movies, moon rocks, lunar landers, the massive Saturn rocket... even a gator!
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We tried to find a shot that would illustrate the size of the Saturn rocket, which is 3 yards longer than a football field. These shots were as good as we could get.
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Canadarm represent!
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We even got to see the famous launch pad of all the shuttle missions.
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By happy coincidence, we arrived at the gift shop just as one of the retired astronauts was signing autographs, so I got my hat signed.
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It's really hard to put the day into words. It was fun. It was awe inspiring. It was amazing. Just great.
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And it was a perfect way to cap off a great week in Florida. Disney World was lots of fun. Our resort was very nice. And NASA was tremendous. Saturday we're on our way back home.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/--uUWmujcK88/Tr6IBGjed3I/AAAAAAAAFtk/7Bzao5beYZA/s288/1.jpg)
We finished our vacation with a bang visiting the Kennedy Space Center. "Awesome" is an over-used word but entirely appropriate in this case. This. Was. Awesome. An absolute trip highlight and probably one of the best things I've ever done.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T2yI9br_REk/Tr6IBQH4m0I/AAAAAAAAFts/WHYFOLii3pU/s288/2.jpg)
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rI5avDBO53E/Tr6IBm0lO_I/AAAAAAAAFt0/Wm5NidV8soo/s288/5.jpg)
What did we see? Everything: space shuttles, a couple of 3D Imax movies, moon rocks, lunar landers, the massive Saturn rocket... even a gator!
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ipPgRm9My-I/Tr6IgExJiPI/AAAAAAAAFuE/MuN4QD8jAWg/s288/3.jpg)
We tried to find a shot that would illustrate the size of the Saturn rocket, which is 3 yards longer than a football field. These shots were as good as we could get.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MpLQnjBPYpQ/Tr6Ig0xqXdI/AAAAAAAAFuM/IpKvj6ckjI0/s288/8.jpg)
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-W1QPKEwiwrc/Tr6IhPN8aVI/AAAAAAAAFuU/3km9_hc3_v8/s288/9.jpg)
Canadarm represent!
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Si2UwAfqcno/Tr6IhnvGQTI/AAAAAAAAFuc/3zvK2p2sWEw/s288/4.jpg)
We even got to see the famous launch pad of all the shuttle missions.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N-nwRT9D08Q/Tr6IiHDFemI/AAAAAAAAFuk/-9FknQD0yrA/s288/6.jpg)
By happy coincidence, we arrived at the gift shop just as one of the retired astronauts was signing autographs, so I got my hat signed.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fNpZVdYtonI/Tr6IjKGhBsI/AAAAAAAAFus/IwbtN450Ubk/s288/7.jpg)
It's really hard to put the day into words. It was fun. It was awe inspiring. It was amazing. Just great.
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rpf54cgfGKg/Tr6IjWB4dmI/AAAAAAAAFu0/JM_lGVFj9WI/s288/10.jpg)
And it was a perfect way to cap off a great week in Florida. Disney World was lots of fun. Our resort was very nice. And NASA was tremendous. Saturday we're on our way back home.
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