There's going to be lots of pictures in this post because there were just so many cool things we saw!!
Since we didn't get to take any vacations this year, we decided to take a day last week and go to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Al. We so have to take family here when they get to visit here again. It was a last minute decision, but since it's only 4 hours a way, and it was the last week before school started, we decided to go. What a great place to take your kids! We drove to Huntsville in the afternoon and checked into a hotel and played in the pool all evening. The next morning we drove out to the Space Center. We were there an entire day and still didn't get through all of it.
Along with all the space/science stuff, there was also a dinosaur exhibit going on. We got to see a life size replica of "Sue" the most complete T-rex skeleton ever found. William my little tough boy was actually really scared to go into the exhibit. He insisted that Tom or I carry him at first until he got used to it. In the dinosaur exhibit they got to dig for fossils and actually take a little one home. Also in the dino exhibit they had a climbing wall where Alan,Sarah and Tom all made it to the top. (I didn't want to embarrass myself by trying to climb the wall)
The Space Shuttle was huge!! You can't actually see it. It's on top of this giant rocket that blasts it into space.
This is actual moon rock. It's value is so high that it's actually valued at "priceless".
This is a replica of the moon.
Check out how huge this thing is next to Alan.
Another picture of the moon walker this side inside.
We also watched an IMAX movie on the Hubble telescope. So amazing how far they can see into space with that thing!!
Here's William trying to use astronauts suit gloves to screw in a bolt.
This is the actual command module of the Appollo 16. Very cool.
A giant engine. ??
A replica of Sue, the most complete T-rex skeleton ever found.
Kaitlyn is a dinosaur in this game looking for food.
Since we didn't get to take any vacations this year, we decided to take a day last week and go to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Al. We so have to take family here when they get to visit here again. It was a last minute decision, but since it's only 4 hours a way, and it was the last week before school started, we decided to go. What a great place to take your kids! We drove to Huntsville in the afternoon and checked into a hotel and played in the pool all evening. The next morning we drove out to the Space Center. We were there an entire day and still didn't get through all of it.
Along with all the space/science stuff, there was also a dinosaur exhibit going on. We got to see a life size replica of "Sue" the most complete T-rex skeleton ever found. William my little tough boy was actually really scared to go into the exhibit. He insisted that Tom or I carry him at first until he got used to it. In the dinosaur exhibit they got to dig for fossils and actually take a little one home. Also in the dino exhibit they had a climbing wall where Alan,Sarah and Tom all made it to the top. (I didn't want to embarrass myself by trying to climb the wall)
The Space Shuttle was huge!! You can't actually see it. It's on top of this giant rocket that blasts it into space.
This is actual moon rock. It's value is so high that it's actually valued at "priceless".
This is a replica of the moon.
Check out how huge this thing is next to Alan.
Another picture of the moon walker this side inside.
We also watched an IMAX movie on the Hubble telescope. So amazing how far they can see into space with that thing!!
Here's William trying to use astronauts suit gloves to screw in a bolt.
This is the actual command module of the Appollo 16. Very cool.
A giant engine. ??
A replica of Sue, the most complete T-rex skeleton ever found.
Kaitlyn is a dinosaur in this game looking for food.
