Jan. 27, 2007
Time Flies
The weather took a sudden turn for great yesterday and the kids got to swim in the ocean. My favorite beach bum was this odd bird who spent the morning sneaking up to fishermen's bait buckets on his very long legs and snagging treats for himself. He was not well liked because of it. 
Took a tour of Cape Canaveral in the afternoon given by a gentlemen who had been with the space program since it's conception. He had rubbed elbows with Dr. Goddard and Werner Von Braun, the pioneers of rocket technology, back in the day. We stopped at the Mercury 7 Memorial and the place where Apollo 1 exploded on the pad and killed 3 astronauts. 
We realized that the kids knew very little about the space program. This generation doesn't have the excitement that we did over an orbit around the earth or a man on the moon. They weren't born when the Challenger exploded and the Shuttle program has had little attention since. The International Space Station is winding down for the U.S. as well. My husband is hoping that at least one of the kids he brings down here catches the excitement of the space program and becomes one of the next generation to be part of it.Today we get on the train and head home to the cold and snow. Maybe one last stroll on the beach. |
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