To Huntsville and Beyond!

(I had to wear my favorite vacation shirt once during vacation!)

Today is our last travel day, but before we leave Huntsville, we must spend a little time in space at the US Space and Rocket Center, and by little time, we mean all day 😉 🚀

We checked out of our last Holiday Inn Express and were at the Space Center a little after opening. First thing we see is the Pathfinder Shuttle with rockets and fuel tank – WOW! They are huge!

As we walked up to the entrance, we noticed 2 gravestones, which I thought was a little morbid 🤨 until I read the markers. These are the actual graves of Miss Baker, and her husband, Big George, the squirrel monkey who was the first US animal to go into space and return alive in 1959 😇 She died 24 years later.

There were so many exhibits and artifacts inside the Space Center. Just like at Cape Canaveral, we could flip every switch and push every button available!

They had a great hands-on presentation that these 2 got involved in 🤣😂🤣

And a rock climbing wall (astronauts have to stay in shape)!

We loved the “future” soldier outfits because they looked like something from a video game (Mike and I think they probably already have this biomedical tech and loved that it’s apparently sponsored by Under Armour – see the label 🤦🏻‍♀️)The planetarium show about the sun, moon and interplanetary space travel was really cool… although the live action “space commander” was a bit cheesy for the boys – bless her, she tried.Then we headed outside to see these huge rockets and aircrafts up close!The Saturn 5 building and the Space Station/SkyLab areas were great. It was almost overwhelming trying to take it all in, but I think we managed pretty well.And of course we found some “simulator” rides… Although the G Force ride was a little much for Leo…But it was such a fun day, and who knows maybe we have some future astronauts🚀🚀🚀We left Huntsville and headed to Guntersville, Alabama for the last leg of the journey. We rented a “tree house cabin” through Airbnb, and it is so fun! The boys are loving having an Alexa in the house. If I hear one more time “Alexa what time is it?” Ugh! Look at your watch!!! 🤪

I love that there’s a tornado shelter down the road, just in case 😉Boys wanted to practice their casting before we go fishing tomorrow with a guide on the lake so we squeezed that in before dinner

It is really beautiful here – hoping for a little dry weather tomorrow when we fish. We had dinner at Top of the River – we got 4 separate recommendations for this place from 4 different people. The food was good but the desserts were awesome And I loved their catch line: Catfish Exceptionale! 🤣😂🤣Tomorrow is our last full day of vacation so we are starting bright and early (and I mean EARLY) meeting our fishing guide at 6:15 🥴😳🥴😳🥴