Return to album listHouston Visit Kate had Martin Luther King day as one of her few holidays for school, so we decided to head down to Houston to see our good friends Jess and Bree. We visited a couple of local attractions during the 3 days we were there.
Saturday afternoon was a tour of Texas’ oldest Brewery just a little ways from where Jess and Bree live.
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The tour wasn’t so much a “tour” as it was a quick information spiel followed up by plenty of taste testing.
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8 oz tasting glasses were provided as part of the tour cost, or you could purchase your own larger glass.
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The many varieties and awards.
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All the beer was brewed right here in the warehouse.
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Awesome.
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Like I said. Not so much a tour. Really… it turned into a big party with random beer fans.
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St Arnold Ferrari
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Where we had dinner.
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Es Preety Good!
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Sunday – Houston Space Center
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For being NASA employees…. their tram organizational skills were very lacking.
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Houston we have a problem.
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Kate looks ready to record the launch.
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Saturn V
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Second stage boosters.
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Bree and Jess discussing their future vacations into space.
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One of the booster engines.
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The Space Shuttle was not built for giants.
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Don’t touch that !
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Cosmonaut Anderson is ready for lift off.
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Maybe a little too big.
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Planning their Mars Mission.
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Model of the ISS.
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Luner Lander.
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Space Capsule
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You can do flips in space.
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Kate testing her weight lifting ability if she was on Jupiter.
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Bree shows he has what it takes to be a Jedi at the Clone Wars exhibit.
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Tim makes a much better starfighter pilot than Anakin.
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The restaurant we went to showed where the water level came to during each hurricane. We couldn’t find Ike, until we looked up.
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Monday – San Jacinto Monument, battle where Texas gained its independence from Mexico.
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View from the top of the monument. Houston waaaay off in the distance to the left.
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Memorial pool and star. It was a very windy day.
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The monument is taller than the Washington Monument in DC. Only Texas….
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Onto the Battleship Texas.
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Bree seeing if the guns still work.
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They do! Well…. at least the still rotate.
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Look from the battleship back at the monument.
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Unfortunately we didn’t have another night to camp overnight.
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Last was a State Park to find some Alligators.
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The alligators were shy today. One of only 4 that we saw.
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