Today we took a trip to the Kennedy Space Center .. since its so close and dad’s never been .. we figured it was time to go visit. It was interesting, not the center that we remembered at all though. I didn’t bring a camera, so I challenged myself to take interesting pictures using just my iPhone 
Here’s the main fuel tank of the shuttle
And a shot of the main engines for the shuttle
Then we wandered over to the astronaut memorial
Next stop was the Rocket Garden, which was one of the main things I remember from visiting in Elementary School.
They also have a bunch of parts of rockets and capsules and such
Of course Liz and I had to climb into a few
Last stop at the KSC Visitor was the education center, which is what I expected to be the KSC I remember as a kid, but the only interactive thing there was this rover.
If you look closely to that last image, you can see the boot on mom’s right foot, and the wheelchair we pushed her around the park in Turns out when she joined me in New Orleans in October, she gave herself a stress fracture with all the walking she did!
The last stop was at the Astronaut Hall of Fame, which is not at the KSC Visitor Complex, but 6 miles west.
I actually think this was everything I expected at the visitor complex. It has the full history of the space program, and more of the interactive simulation things I remember as a kid. Including this GForce simulator that I didn’t do when I went with the school, so I had to do it this time
We got home just after sunset to see Venus and Jupiter aligned. Nov 30th and Dec 1st they will line up with the crescent moon, which wont happen again until 2052!
Only a real photographer could take pictures like that with a non-pro camera!
Very cool!