After a wonderful start to our journey at a family reunion in north Georgia, we drove to Milton, GA to enjoy a short but good visit with old friends and then on to Huntsville, Alabama on Sunday, July 1st. We stayed at Monte Sano State Park. It is a beautiful park and the temps were a good 10 degrees cooler on the mountaintop. We later learned that Monte Sano (Mount of Health) was a place that had been built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and had been the location of an observatory for many scientists that would later work with NASA to establish the Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
We enjoyed a day touring displays of rocket ships – watching kids from Space Camp run to and fro – learning about the Saturn V rocket and the race to the moon that occurred in the 1960s. We watched a very well produced IMAX movie called Beautiful Planet which reminded us all of how precious this earthly home is and how important it is for us to care for creation. I was also reminded how wonderful it is that so many countries can work together on the International Space Station. Wouldn’t it be great if we could cooperate like that on projects on our own planet?
After the NASA center we traveled to Memphis, TN. I will save that post for tomorrow. I wish everyone a Happy Independence Day.
Robert, I’m loving your writings and being able to see your adventures through your words. Prayers for you and the family for a wonderful trip of beautiful sights and loving time together. We all miss you already!