Our last day at the beach over Memorial day weekend, and we opted to make the drive in to Houston to head to NASA!
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We started our morning off with pancakes and then we all got dressed to head to the space center. Megan really wanted to french braid someone's hair, and Gretchen let her.
How precious is this moment?
We arrived at NASA not knowing what to expect; we realized that buying a season family membership would be a better option for us, since we have a family of 5 and the package we chose allowed for 2 additional guests, meaning we only needed to buy 1 additional child ticket to get the 8 of us in. (We were camping with my brother and his family.)
After buying our seasonal pass, we headed inside.
When you visit NASA in Houston, you are in a large building with different displays, a food court, a shop, a movie, and interactive displays. You can also go outside to tour a spaceship and plane.
Discovering Mars.
Touching a piece of Mars.
Exploring the Moon
Touching a piece of the moon.
Megan is our space loving girl! She's terrified of flying but she use to tell us that she wanted to work for NASA.
Okay, here's where we went wrong (because we didn't know). We enjoyed the movie and all of the interactive areas as well as exploring the space ship. But, NASA has a tram wtih 3 different tours and we didn't realize we needed to sign up for those to see more. By the time we explored everything inside, and we were like, "hey, let's look at a tram ride to see more" everything was booked until 4:30, and it was only noon. So, we decided since we had a season pass, we would just have to go back and hit up the tram tour next time!
We found the yummiest BBQ place nearby for lunch, after we tried astronaut ice cream ;)
These girls bought matching shirts as souveniers.
And then we headed back to the beach!
The girls played. I read a book. Everyone else stayed at the campground, it was fabulous.
Gretchen enjoyed reading her book.
The girls made a little sand castle before we headed back for dinner.
Our time away was the perfect kick off for summer! We had a relaxing time and we were happy to get out and explore NASA. I'm hoping we can take the girls back once more later this Summer, or maybe we can drive over one day this Fall when they're out of school. Thankfully, we have an entire year to enjoy the pass and we can even bring a few friends with us!
We stayed just west of Galveston (across the toll bridge) and I much preferred the location over being in Galveston. It was Memorial Day weekend and the beaches were crowded, but we didn't feel that crowded with being over the bridge.
We loved being able to camp with my brother and his family. The girls loved playing with their cousin; it's always a wonderful time and it makes me wish we lived closer.
We only have 1 more camping trip planned for the Summer, but I'm still hopeful we can squeeze in at least one more somewhere!
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