On our drive home from Florida, we stopped at the Kennedy Space Center. It was a very interesting visit, although the extremely high prices wouldn't get any of us to go back soon. Overall, we are all glad we got to visit this cool place!
Displays visible from the parking lot
The rocket park area where tourists can see many of the rockets that have traveled into outer space.
Luke enjoyed sitting in the moon buggy.
Part of the visit includes a bus ride past the launchpad. That was really neat to see up close. It's amazing just how large of a complex that area is.
This is one of the launchpad mobile vehicles. It is so much taller than this picture can describe. It was amazing to think that these mobile launch vehicles move all over the Kennedy Space Center transporting various shuttles and rockets.
After our bus tour, we went through the Atlantis building. As you finish the tour, visitors have the option to ride down the slide, which simulates how the astronauts exit the space shuttle when they return to Earth.
We ended up closing down the Kennedy Space Center and had to find some dinner before checking into our hotel for the night. We found a random fish restaurant on the intercostal waterway. It turned out to be a delicious seafood dinner where we received a 50% military discount! The owner happened to see Edward's id when he was getting out his credit card, and just said, "Thanks for your service." It was totally unexpected, and it made a delicious dinner even better!
Great place for a relaxing dinner
The next day, we just had to get a picture at the rest stop...just because.
Our Florida vacation turned out to be a really great trip. We had such a great time and made some wonderful family memories.
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