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A photo of Ainsley, Dillon, Grayson, and Rayleigh making silly faces standing in front of a model of the sun

32 Days in America, Day 16

Stats

  • Miles traveled: 320.9
  • Miles traveled to date: 2686.8
  • States visited today: 1 – Florida
  • States visited to date: 9
  • Tanks of gas pumped to date: 9
  • Meltdowns: 13
  • Loads of Laundry: 13
  • Illness: 4

Daily recap

Today, Kelsey took the kids back to the Kennedy Space Center for a second day of exploration while Kevin worked from the hotel and got us caught up on laundry.

Highlights

  • Playing in the Planet Play indoor space-themed learning playground
A photo of Dillon, Rayleigh, Ainsley, and Grayson playing a video game that is controlled by the movement of their bodies called "Rover Racers"
Of course our kids found a 4-player video game.
  • Learning about the space shuttle pilot training program
A photo of Rayleigh, Grayson, and Ainsley in front of a space shuttle training jet
In order to be on the list to pilot the space shuttle, you had to have at least 1,000 successful landings in this jet, which was modified to behave similarly to the shuttle.
  • Learning about how to poop in space
A photo of Ainsley sitting on a replica of a space station toilet
Everybody poops, even astronauts!
  • Trying our hand at simulators
A photo of Dillon operating the shuttle landing simulator
Dillon tries his hand at the space shuttle landing simulator.
  • Seeing some cool space junk
A photo of Ainsley, Rayleigh, and Dillon standing in front of a space capsule
This space capsule went to space, splashed down, and was recovered.

Other photos from today

A photo of Dillon at the bottom of a slide made to look like a comet flying through outer space
There is a camera in the ceiling that follows your movement and projects light to make it look like you’re a comet flying through space when you go down this slide.
A photo of Grayson operating the joystick on a replica of the space shuttle cockpit
This is a replica of the Atlantis space shuttle cockpit. Grayson looks like he has everything under control.
A photo of Kelsey with the space shuttle in the background
It takes a special kind of lady to take four kids to Kennedy Space Center for the day by herself.
A photo of Ainsley and Grayson operating the fuel booster crane simulator together
Teamwork makes the dream work.
A photo of Ainsley operating the space shuttle landing simulator with the words "Great Job" on the screen, indicating a successful landing
Ainsley succeeded at landing the space shuttle in the simulator.
A photo of Rayleigh operating the space shuttle landing simulator
I don’t know, Rayleigh, it looks like you’re listing pretty hard to port there …
A photo of Ainsley and Grayson operating a simulator.
No one remembers what this is.
A photo of Kelsey holding Grayson and smiling at him, while he makes a silly face
Besties.
A photo of Dillon touching part of a replica of the inside of a space capsule
Dillon wanted to know if the replica was made of metal, plastic, or cardboard. (It was plastic.)
A photo of Ainsley in a tunnel, taken through the wire mesh that forms the tunnel wall
Ainsley exploring a tunnel in Planet Play, which is the Kennedy Space Center’s indoor space-themed playground.
A photo of Dillon climbing into a tunnel that is under a sign that says "Wormholes" and has some information about wormholes on it
Planet Play really embraced the idea of learning through play.

And now for your moment of zen…

A photo of Grayson standing next to a statue of Buc-ee the Beaver
Grayson found a beaver buddy at Buc-ee’s!

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