Travel Week #9 Year #2 (8/29-9/04) – Cullman, AL
A calm and quiet Sunday to rest.
Official start to the school year even though the kids have been working on stuff for about a month, and a chance to run off some energy before the hurricane blew in.
Perfect opportunity to study hurricanes in our Weather Science book while Ida blew around us. Nothing major where we were, just a lot of rain. Not very much wind.
Waiting for school books and rerouting packages.
Exploring a new grocery store. Publix is a pretty nice store.
Touring the Alabama Space and Rocket Center and visiting with old friends.
Errands and NEW BIKES đ
DestinEevee caught another fire rainbow.
At Cullman Campground in Cullman, AL. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a picture of our site. There was a fantastic open field that the kids got to spend a fair amount of time in (when it wasn’t raining from Hurricane Ida).
DestinEevee first day of online class.
Our official first day of school, although they have all been doing some work for at least a month. PsyDoug is taking the lead on most of the school this year.
Lots of ducks at Cullman Campground. They like the pond.
We got to add Alabama on our sticker map!
At the Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL with PsyDoug’s best friend from high school.
Inside the space station.
Outside the shuttle area. Most of it has been dismantled for repairs/maintenance.
Going through the solar system. They had a scale model to show the distance of the planets and their relative sizes.
DestinEeve and Loudred got a lot of information from our expert tour guide. Joe had worked on different projects that were on display in different parts of the center.
Most of the Saturn V rocket that fills the entire length of the building.
Getting a ride for fun.
Lunar module for the Apollo return flight.
Loudred
DestinEevee
Squirtle
Munchlax
Roselia
PsyDoug with Joe (best friend from high school and best man at our wedding) and his wife Bobby. We went to visit them at their home in Huntsville, AL. We haven’t seen them in well over a decade.
Everyone got new bikes!