We have recovered from our "tornado" trama! Wish we had taken a picture of the radar on the computer screen, but that was not a priority at the time. Things have settled down and after a couple of days of colder temps, things are back to the normal - 70s and sun. The local weather guru predicts that because of el nino, there will be more severe weather this winter.

Stopped by the Police Hall of Fame and Museum yesterday. There were interesting displays of early police equipment, criminals, forensics, a shooting range and and impressive amount of weapons.

Visited the Kennedy Space Center today! Very well done. One display that we found especially interesting was about the moon landing. In August of 1969 we were attending the Atomic Cup hydroplane race in the tri-cities. The landing came during the race and the thousands of people watching the races were very excited and there was great cheering and celebrating. That evening, we were driving home across White Pass glued to our radio waiting for the first step on the moon. Radio reception was a bit sketchy so we stopped along the way where we had good reception to hear the actual first step. It was fun to relive all of that with the newsmen and reports of the day that we had largely missed. It was a special time when our country was united in our pursuit of this goal.

On Friday we take the motor home to storage and fly home on Saturday! We are excited to see everyone at home and are anxiously awaiting the birth on Tues morning, the 13th. Carlee is ready, too! We are especially looking forward to seeing Garrett, Parker, Carlee and Cody; Aunt Mary; Jean and Mark in their new home; and Nancy at the office.