Space Shuttle Discovery is about to be launched in 5 more hours. The picture at the top is Discovery on the launching pad waiting for it's 9:35 launch tonight. We took the picture while on the Kennedy Space Centre tour yesterday.
I took a picture of the campground this morning at 9AM, looking back from the water’s edge. That is posted above – our trailer is the one in the left hand corner. I will take another picture in an hour or so to show how busy it gets around here. We were so lucky to get the last overflow camping spot here. Unfortunately, we don’t have power, so we have to run around to find a plug in to use so we can keep y’all informed.
Yesterday, we went to the Kennedy Space Centre and did the bus tour around the entire complex. It was very, very interesting and inspiring. We will return to the Centre tomorrow to see all the hands-on exhibits.
It’s very exciting being here and feeling the tension and anticipation build up. People in RV’s and cars have been streaming in all day, so it’s getting pretty busy. We’ve been told it gets so busy that if you leave the park, you won’t be able to get back in (by car, that is). We took off for a bit of a bike ride this afternoon and made it pretty close to the cruise ships. There were two huge ones in dock today. We are right on the route for all the ships to go out into the Atlantic, so there are container ships and casino ships going by all day. Very cool.
The other picture above is the VAB – Vehicle Assembly Building. This is the tallest free-standing building in the world. The space shuttle is brought in and attached to the rockets and fuel tanks in here before it is sent out to the launch pad. The American Flag painted on the outside is also the largest painted American Flag. Some of the patchwork looking missing tiles on the building are from hurricane damage from last year’s nasty season.
We will update again tomorrow – hopefully with some shots of the launch.