Youngsville, LA - Houston, TX -- April 2 - 7. 2021

 Youngsville, LA - Houston, TX

April 2 - 7. 2021

On Friday, April 2 we drove to Youngsville, LA.

The roads in Louisiana were bad.  Things in the 5th wheel got rearranged during flight.  We stayed at the Acadian Oasis RV Park.  It was bare bones with no amenities but very clean and well groomed.  The weather was very nice and we sat outside Sunday afternoon and enjoyed it.

Monday, April 5 we drove to Houston.

That was a tall bridge!

  I thought the roads in Louisiana were bad, but those in Houston were the worst.  The Sam Houston Tollway had confusing signs telling us "no cash, EZ Tag only".  All the navigation maps said that was the way to go, we figured what were they going to do to us once we got on, so we got on.  There was no place to pay when we got off, and they should have paid us for the white knuckle experience.  We don't know if we'll get something in the mail or not.  The road is under construction, has narrow lanes, drainage grates to run over with the right wheels as you're on an elevated surface most of the time, and a cement barrier on the right.  I did get a picture going over one of the bridges.

We stayed at the Jetstream RV Park, the nearest RV park to the Johnson Space Center.  It's a new and very nice park.

Tuesday, April 6 we went to the Johnson Space Center.

I took so many pictures it's hard narrowing a few down for the blog.  Remember you can click on a picture and make it larger.  We got there at 10:00 and looked at a few things while waiting for our trolley tour.

The tram took us to the Saturn V building.  They said if you stand it straight up it's taller than the Eiffel Tower.

There is a rocket outside the building.

Inside the building we started at the bottom of the rocket.

The trolley dropped us off outside at the Space Shuttle and Spacex Falcon 9 rocket.  A four story building takes you up to the Space Shuttle.  This is the shuttle on the 747, the front of the shuttle, some of the cockpit and cargo bay.

We walked over to the Spacex Falcon 9, which was used twice.  John was very interested in this as he keeps up on all the rockets launched.

Back inside the building we went through the other displays.  Here are just a few.

It was very interesting and I'm glad we went.  If you're in the area I would highly recommend it!

Lord willing, tomorrow we're heading south for Boca Chica, where they fire off some of the Spacex rockets.

Roving on...

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth".

Genesis 1:1