Saturday, May 15, 2010

Houston and Austin in December 2009

Remember when we went to BNAT 11? Well, we also did some sight-seeing around Houston and Dallas. We've been to Houston before, but just to see the temple.

Houston temple in 2007

This time we went to Houston with my sister Abby and her oldest daughter Jordan (who is almost 13-- I can't believe it!) First we went to the Battleship Texas. I have never been on a real battleship, but my dad used to be in the navy (before he was a hippie), so it was cool to see the kind of conditions he lived in.


Unfortunately, we did not get to camp overnight, but if we had we could have used these beds:


My dad said that it was in the navy where he got used to sleeping on his back because the bunks were too close together to turn over or sleep on your side. There were literally beds everywhere they could put them in the ship. Yikes!

Some other things on the ship:




Battleship Texas-- 1600s version

We also went to the Johnson Space Center, which was pretty much the coolest place I have been to possibly ever. Some things we saw:

Mandatory green screen picture




Mission Control! They have a little viewing room.

Saturn V Shuttle

The astronaut training room

Me, my niece, and my #2 sister (in birth order, not likability) Abby

We also finally (after three years of visiting Austin) went to the UT Austin tower. 


The Tower

George Washington statue

At the top

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