Weekend @ NASA

What can I say? It wasn''t my fault. Today we had to spend time at Disney’s EPCOT center. The day started behind the scenes as we were able to go where only cast members are allowed to go. Unfortunately, we were not able to take any pictures. We started with a tour of the ride, "Mission Space." One of the more fascinating things we were able to see was an actual moon rover car. It’s the only one of the four ever made that is still on earth. The other three are on the moon. These little cars zoomed around at 8.7 miles per hour! Of course, after all the training I have been through, I am almost ready to become an astronaut!

After the tour of the space ride we headed over to the house of Nemo … The Living Seas. While there we were able to go behind the scenes again. This time we went above the aquarium tanks. We saw where the dolphins trained, a 450 pound turtle, and 950 pound manatees. We saw where they prepared the food for the animals and where the veterinarians worked. It was amazing to them take x-rays of eels, fish, sharks and all the other members of the aquarium.

I finished the day visiting the exhibit of China and watching the fireworks show.

Sunday afternoon we visited the Lone Cabbage. A lot of bikers were there. I looked for but didn’t see the Wild Hogs there. We rode the airboats and look for gators while we were there. We did see quite a few of them while we were floating around. It was okay but I enjoyed the bikes even more … guess that’s because I used to ride a big bike before I was married. :)

Another adventurous week ahead. Signing off,

Astronut Dave