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Florida, again.
May. 1st, 2011 10:45 pmYeah, I know... I'm still sucking mightily at remembering to update Livejournal. It's been busy, but the big news right now is that we're, once again, in Florida. This will make the fourth time for me since March of last year... not something I planned, it just sort of worked out that way. This time, we happened to get really good tickets (out on the Causeway) for the last launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. You've probably already heard how well that turned out.
On the plus side, the first delay of ten days put the launchdate the day after our 22nd anniversary, so we were able to justify this trip on the grounds that we were celebrating! But, of course, at this point the Shuttle won't be launching before Sunday and we're due to fly home on Friday. We'd been out at the Visitor's Center, had boarded the bus that was taking us out the Causeway and had just headed out when the official word of the delay came down. At the time, we assumed it was weather-related (there had been a storm roll through earlier in the day and it was still pretty windy and overcast), but of course it was a mechanical failure. I honestly don't think I can adequately describe how disappointed I am about this.
In the meantime, we've been filling our time by enjoying Disneyworld... even though we were just here about a month and a half ago, it's the sort of place that's hard to get tired of. As I mentioned a little while back, Disney is possibly the best place to eat if you have a food allergy... I've had some of the best food this week, all without any milk. Yay! We've also managed to find a few rides/attractions that neither of us had ever been on before, in particular the "Backlot Tour" at Disney's Hollywood Studios (fun, but not especially repeatable) and, oddly, the Carousel of Progress (also fun, in a retro kind of way). And there are all the old favorites... including my absolute most favorite, Mission: Space over in EPCOT.
We're planning on heading back out to the Space Coast sometime this week, if I can find some information on potential spots to get some good photos of the shuttle out on the launchpad. I'd like to get at least something out of this, even if it's just pictures of the grounded shuttle.
Crossposted from my Livejournal
On the plus side, the first delay of ten days put the launchdate the day after our 22nd anniversary, so we were able to justify this trip on the grounds that we were celebrating! But, of course, at this point the Shuttle won't be launching before Sunday and we're due to fly home on Friday. We'd been out at the Visitor's Center, had boarded the bus that was taking us out the Causeway and had just headed out when the official word of the delay came down. At the time, we assumed it was weather-related (there had been a storm roll through earlier in the day and it was still pretty windy and overcast), but of course it was a mechanical failure. I honestly don't think I can adequately describe how disappointed I am about this.
In the meantime, we've been filling our time by enjoying Disneyworld... even though we were just here about a month and a half ago, it's the sort of place that's hard to get tired of. As I mentioned a little while back, Disney is possibly the best place to eat if you have a food allergy... I've had some of the best food this week, all without any milk. Yay! We've also managed to find a few rides/attractions that neither of us had ever been on before, in particular the "Backlot Tour" at Disney's Hollywood Studios (fun, but not especially repeatable) and, oddly, the Carousel of Progress (also fun, in a retro kind of way). And there are all the old favorites... including my absolute most favorite, Mission: Space over in EPCOT.
We're planning on heading back out to the Space Coast sometime this week, if I can find some information on potential spots to get some good photos of the shuttle out on the launchpad. I'd like to get at least something out of this, even if it's just pictures of the grounded shuttle.
Crossposted from my Livejournal
