today i went to nasa. yeah, it was awesome. we got up early, had some breakfast and mom drove us in the car to the space center. it's only like an hour away from orlando. we saw gators in the drainage canals! right there by the side of the road- gators. it was cool. 

so, nasa is really big. we got through the gates and jumped on a tour bus. the bus drove us around the base and we got off at two different stops. the first stop was an observation tower. it's stupid hot out so we just took the elevator to the top. from the tower you can see the launch pads that the space shuttles used to fly from. i think they just shoot satalights off from there now. after we had a good long look and some snacks it was back on the bus. 

the next stop was the saturn9 hanger. inside is a huge rocket called a saturn9. nasa uses it to shoot things into space. the hanger also has a cafe where we got some lunch. i had french fries. they were good. i also ate a bit of pizza, that was just ok. there's other stuff in the hanger too like- old space suits, a moon lander, the bus that astronots ride out to the launch pad. you know, stuff like that. i touched a bit of moon rock, again. for a guy who's never left the earth, i touch a lot of moon rock. 

after we saw everything in the hanger we got back on the bus and went back to the main part of the space center. we went to the movies. that was good. we watched a 3d imax movie about the space station. i tried to touch things as they floated past my face. 3rd is pretty neat. an orange almost flew out and hit me in the head. the space station looks like a fun place to hang out. 

after the movie we went to the launch simulator. you get strapped into a chair and shaken back and forth. it's really loud and bumpity. i liked it a lot. nasa is pretty darn cool. we finished our launch ride just in time for a rain storm. we ducked into a cafe for drinks. i had some orange soda. i love orange soda!

the rain died down a bit. it was getting close to closing time so we hit the gift shop. we walked around a bit looking at stuff. some guy in a space suit was sitting there shaking hands and people were taking his picture. he got up to leave just as i walked past the table. he grabbed my hand and shook it. what the heck? he asked mom if she wanted to take a picture. mom said no so he went off and grabbed other little kid's hands as he made his way out of the store. mom said- that the guy was a real live astronaut who'd been up in space. so what, now i have space cooites? everyone picked things to buy. mom got a flat drinking bag and some weird ass space ice cream. we stood around in line for ages and finally paid. 

out to the car we walked just as a rain storm started again. mom drove us back to orlando in a wicked bad storm, or so she says. i fell asleep and missed the whole thing.