We saw something rather amazing on our way out to the car. A luggage cart. One actual luggage cart. I guess all the people headed to one of the three or four cruise ships in port finally dropped it off.
Our goal for the day was to roam lazily around the Kennedy Space Center, enjoying the space-related paraphernalia. All we knew was that we had to do the bus tour very first thing.
As it happened, we were on the first bus out. Fascinating to see. But most fascinating of all? There were notices everywhere that bus tours would cease at 1:00. Why? Well …
As randomness would have it, on that very day there was a rocket launch scheduled. We were able to secure a prime seat in the bleachers (also In the sun. The very hot sun). Sadly, we left our sun screen at the hotel. We had not planned to spend a few hours just sitting outside.
As far as the reason for the flight, it was deploying a spy satellite. No further information about that was available, though. Emphasis on the “spy” part, right?
But the launch went off as scheduled without a hitch. The noise was amazing. And as an added bonus, we got to see the fuel part of the rocket return to the launch pad. Again, with lots of sound barrier busting racket. So glad we got to see it.
The Kennedy Space Center was like the NASA visitors’ center on steroids. Mission used rockets, some replicas, others actually used. Massively huge. Teaching abounded, both on screens as well as through lectures. And the cheeseburger I had for lunch was among the best I have ever eaten. I highly recommend this place, especially for kids.
2 Timothy 2:15 says, Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.
Father, thanks for the surprise experience yesterday. Quite memorable. Amen.
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