I spent part of last weekend in Dillon, CO with my lovely friend Loray. She and her husband, Joe, invited me to their home and we had the best time! Loray is an incredible cook, and I got a bit spoiled. (When I'm by myself, I don't cook much. It's just not as fun cooking for one. :)) We also took a boat ride across Lake Dillon to Frisco for some lunch and shopping. It was gorgeous!! A note for any potential visitors: If you come visit me...I'll try to take you there!
Loray and I on the water taxi from Dillon to Frisco. Yes...that's snow on the mountain tops!
This week's other adventure started very early on Wednesday morning. I woke up around 3:30, drove to the Denver airport, and flew to Houston, TX. It was VERY hot there! (I've definitely acclimated to the lovely mountain air and low humidity.) I was so excited to walk off the plane and find my sweet friend Sarah waiting for me. (That doesn't happen very often anymore...it was such a treat.) Sarah and I proceeded to pick up the rental car and head to our hotel that was just across from Johnson Space Center.
Sarah works for Boeing and is contracted to NASA at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. She is super smart and so is her husband. (They always have the best stories!) Sarah won an award for all of her hard work and got a trip to Johnson Space Center and she invited me!!! I've always been a huge space nerd. I grew up visiting the Space Coast in Florida and have seen more Shuttle and rocket launches than I can remember.
SO we went on a "backstage" tour of Johnson Space Center. It was an incredible experience. Instead of writing about it, I though I'd share a bunch of pictures. Here it goes...
So...I'm still new at the blog thing and I can't get the pictures to be in the order I want...it takes forever for them to load...so...enjoy the randomness...
I'm in front of one of the Saturn V rockets.
These pieces never actually went to space, but it was incredible to see.
They also have one of these at Kennedy Space Station.
This is the Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL).
There are pieces of the International Space Station (ISS) and the Shuttle in the pool.
While we were there, there were astronauts training in the water.
Also, parts of the movie Armageddon were filmed here.
Astronauts training in the NBL.
NBL
The outside of the Shuttle.
The map of where the ISS was when we were at Mission Control.
The cast of Apollo 13 in the Food Lab.
I was there too.
Now I'm only 1 degree away from Kevin Bacon!
A delicious meal of astronaut food on NASA china at the Food Lab.
Sunset on the ISS.
The sun rises and sets every 90 minutes.
Sarah and I at here celebration dinner.
I love that girl!!
Astronauts hanging out on the ISS.
Mission control was talking with them.
While we were talking with the current Flight Director, someone from the ISS called him on his cell phone.
Sunrise in Clearlake.
Mission Control
Flight Director desk at Apollo Mission Control.
This is where they put man on the moon!!!
In the Shuttle.
The Russian space capsule that they currently use to send astronauts to the ISS.
It takes 2 days for them to get there and its TINY!
Sarah in the Commander's seat on the Shuttle.
One of the "bedrooms" in the Russian part of the ISS.
The Japanese part of the ISS.
I'm flying the Shuttle!
That's me in the Commander's seat!
I guess that's all...I hope you all enjoyed! I just looked back at my pictures and there sure are a bunch of me...sorry! I just wanted you all to see everything...
Blessings!
