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8月28日 Went sight seeing!So, we did rent a car and go out for the day. First place- George Bush Intercontinental Airport to get the car. Then we headed downtown to the visitor's center, which happens to be in City Hall. The downtown area is really nice, with lots of parks, fountains and interesting architecture(I have pics of City Hall and the library here). It kind of reminded me of Calgary's downtown core, but way more.
From there, we went to the far southeast corner of the city, to the Space Center and saw all sorts of displays about different NASA programs and achievements. There were moon rocks, spacesuits worn on missions, movies, moon rovers, and an actual command module from one of the Apollo missions. You could see the scorch marks from when it reentered the atmosphere! There were also alot of rugrats running amuck, and I tripped over one of them...oops! We rushed it somewhat, and still spent about 3 hours there. If you find yourself in this area, the space center is a definite must do!
Leaving the Space Center, we headed a little more east, to the Kemah Boardwalk- the lady at the visitor info thought we might like it. She was right!!! On the way, we passed a hot air balloon festival, and stopped counting at 40 balloons. What a neat surprise- we would have stopped to watch, but it was pretty crowded, so we enjoyed what we could passing by. Finally, we get to Kemah, and find a free parking spot with shuttle boat service. Kemah is at the mouth of a bay opening to the Gulf of Mexico, and is built pretty much on stilts in the water. It is full of shopping, open air seafood restaurants, bars, amusement rides and seems to have live music around every bend. There were catfish and jellyfish near the boardwalks, and you could buy food to feed them. We did go on one ride- the Inverter- and could have gone all night. One of those fast ones that pauses when your upside down- what a rush! We stopped for a meal at one of the open places (where you can still smoke on the patio! actually, we haven't been anywhere yet that smoking is prohibited) and while we were enjoying the fresh seafood, we watched the constant stream of boats. There were yachts, rental party boats, dingies, sailboats and working fishing boats. There was also a steady stream of people passing by, families, couples, groups of friends- people of all ages and types enjoying themsleves. It was also nice to see that us poor Canucks weren't the only ones suffering in the heat and that everyone had a 'glow'! The pictures here didn't show up so hot, becuse of the lights and stuff, but I hope you get the idea.
And now, it's Sunday the 28th, and we are heading out later to pick up a load north of here to take back to Canada. I was supposed to be back at work on Thursday, but I just got off the phone to let them know that won't be happening, as we have to go to eastern Canada before we can go west (and home). トラックバックこの記事のトラックバックの URL は次のとおりです。 http://tntroman.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B570A30A8956A3D1!233.trak この記事を参照しているブログ
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