It is not as cold today. 51° when I got up, plus some daylight
already at 6:30. All good. The American flag tells me that the wind is coming
from the southeast, and weather.com
confirmed it. Looks like we have a couple of weeks of beautiful weather ahead
to get us down the Tenn-Tom waterway.
Brian gets home - or maybe I mean boat - this evening. I have
30 minutes of housework - or maybe boatwork - to get done before he arrives,
and I’m going to post things onto the blog today. I have made progress on it by
selecting the pictures and the paragraphs I want to post, and most important,
we (cross your fingers) have good internet service in this marina. At some
point we’re going to the grocery store, but mainly it’s a quiet day.
We visited the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center yesterday,
spending about seven hours there. We saw two IMAX movies - "Living in the
Age of Airplanes" and "Journey to Space”. Having just seen “The
Martian”, the “Journey to Space” movie was interesting because it encourages us
to continue to try to reach Mars. It would be a three-year trip: six months to
get there, two years on the planet, then six months to get back. We saw how the
Space Station was built in pre-fab modules that were launched separately and
attached when they arrived. There was an exhibit of patented inventions created
by Huntsville people - some who worked at the Center and at least one who was
simply born there, the guy who started Wikipedia.
Outside, there are 20 or 30 rockets set up, enormous things
that point to the sky. The Saturn V rocket that was used to send men to the
moon was designed in Huntsville. There’s a large second building that is a
tribute to landing on the moon. I liked seeing the solar panels, how they
unfold and how big they are, and I learned the difference between combustion
engines and jet-fueled engines.
We had lunch at the center’s cafeteria, where there is a great
salad bar, and finished the day by having supper at a Greek restaurant, Taziki.
Our friends Bob and Melinda from the “Melinda B” have been taking good care of
me while Brian has been in Chicago, plus Rod and Julie from “Tuscobia"
joined us for supper. Brian and I met them in Milwaukee while they were still
packing to leave on the Loop.
We have thoroughly enjoyed both Huntsville and Chattanooga.
Both cities are clean and vibrant, and offer tourists plenty to see. The best
thing to see, however, is the beautiful Tennessee River, and we are eager to
get back to it.
Today I have a two-year old granddaughter. That’s the best
thing yet.
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