Winter Excursion 3, Day 155

We dropped Kaylee off with Jerry and Carolyn at 0900. We headed to the US Space and Rocket Center and had our tickets by 1000. We took in two movies. The first in the planetarium was a history of Space exploration from the 1200s to the present. The other one was called Space Next. It was about the future of Space exploration. Both were excellent!
We toured the museum and grounds for the next 4 hours. Here's a few pics.
The International Space Station (ISS).

A replica Saturn 5 rocket. You can see this for miles around. It is huge!

An A-12, predecessor to the SR-71. Both were classified spy planes during the cold war.

Here's another view of the Saturn 5.

A mock up of Tranquility Base from the moon landings.

This is the oldest plane on display. We just thought it was interesting.

 Here's the Apollo 16 Command Module.

One of the Space Shuttles. The Shuttle is large, but the rocket boosters are immense!

The Saturn 5 in the distance.

The US Space and Rocket Center is a must see if you are in this area. We found it really interesting. You could spend days here and still not see it all. The displays are excellent!
We are heading back tomorrow to do the bus tour.
We had dinner with Jerry and Carolyn and then headed home. It's been a good day.

Winter Excursion 3, Day 154

Cath and I spent the morning hanging out around camp and watching all the other campers pack up. The campground was full, but now only about 20 sites are occupied. It's quiet!
Jerry and Carolyn came over in the afternoon. We caught up on all of our camping stories from this winter. They are staying at the Army campground at Redstone. Kaylee was happy to see Logan, Jerry and I took them for a nice walk around the park.

They stayed for dinner and we were treated to a nice sunset again.

We will see them tomorrow as they are babysitting (dogsitting) Kaylee while we go to the US Space and Rocket Center.

Winter Excursion 3, Day 153

We had a little bit of firewood left from Honeycomb, but that all got burned up last night. The neighbor and I bought some firewood at a local joint this morning. There should be enough for both of us for the rest of the week.

We took a few short walks with Kaylee. The campground is still packed, but it's going to clear out today and tomorrow. There will only be a few of us left.
We spent the late afternoon and evening by the fire. Had a nice sous vide salmon dinner and watched a little TV. Forecast is for thunderstorms tonight and temps falling into the 30s. It will be a good night for sleeping.

Winter Excursion 3, Day 152

We left Honeycomb at 1000 and made the short drive to Monte Sano State Park just south of Huntsville. Here's a pic of the new campsite.

We are on a bluff overlooking the industrial park outside of Huntsville.

It is a great view.

You can see the mountains in the distance.

A night the lights are really beautiful.

The blue is from the Boogey Lights.

Kaylee says she is getting tired of moving every few weeks, but Cath and I are still liking life on the road.

We will be here until next Friday (5 Apr). We just hung out at camp today and watched all the other campers. The place is full as it is still Spring Break for the folks in this area. There are plenty of walking trails in this park. We will be exploring the trails during the week.

Winter Excursion 3, Day 151

We did some camp clean-up in preparation for our move tomorrow.
Jerry & Carolyn came over in the afternoon. We swapped stories of our travels this year. It was good to see them again. We went to Wintzell's Oyster House for dinner. The food was great. We all had our fill of oysters.
For all you folks up north we had this visitor in camp this afternoon. Spring is in the air. The weather has been perfect!

Off early to bed. Moving day tomorrow. It's been great here at Honeycomb Campground, it's one of our favorites.

Winter Excursion 3, Day 150

We spent most of the day around camp. Weather is nice, but it was a little chilly this morning. The wind kicked up and the breeze stayed cool all day.
Turns out the problem with our neighbors camper was that the converter was unplugged. All is well now.
Washed the truck in the afternoon and went to a local pizza joint up the road. Pizza was good!

Jerry and Carolyn are stopping by tomorrow afternoon. It will be fun to see them and we can swap winter camping stories.

Winter Excursion 3, Day 149

Planned on fishing with the kayak this morning, but the wind was pretty strong and temps were in the low 40s. I went over to the boat dock and threw a worm in the water. First cast I got this guy. Nice catfish, close to 4 pounds! He is back in the lake living large!

We went into Huntsville and checked out our new campsite at Monte Sano State Park. Nice site and we move there on Friday.
We went to Redstone Arsenal and hit the PX and Class VI.
Back at camp the wind is still whipping and temps in the low 50s. We will spend the evening in the camper.
A few movies, a nice dinner, then off to bed. Hopefully kayak fishing is in the cards tomorrow.
Need to add a little to today's blog:
We had some neighbors move in next door at about 1930. Young couple with a small child. He came over around 2030 and asked if I knew anything about campers. Seems they have no power, lights, etc. Turned out their battery is shot and their converter is not working. I lent them our spare battery, so at least they have lights. We will trouble shoot it tomorrow.