Packing up then off to the moon...

Our final day at the Habitat job site –we’re all still smiling (and even more surprising, we're still moving...) Photo 2 – the “ladies’ vinyl crew” (isn’t that a pretty wall behind us?). Photo 3 – A little roof work. Photo 4 – a little hole diggin’. We hoped to find some of those old Spanish coins but no such luck. However we did leave them with a hole big enough to burn the wood scraps. Photo 5 – more roof work. The guys told us it was HOT up there. These silver metal roofs increase the energy efficiency of the homes by 20%. The men can testify they reflect at least that much heat – they were dying up there. Photo 6 – a gopher turtle (about the size of a helmet). They dig very deep holes in the sand providing great homes for other wildlife. Where was he when the ladies were digging their hole?! Photo 7 – we didn’t quite get the roof finished but the men were more than happy to leave it for the next crew coming in. Photo 8 – BBQ brought in for our farewell luncheon. Photo 9 – Lest we all forget what the site looked like when we arrived on Jan. 2nd. Another family is much closer to having a decent, affordable home of their own.

We hated to eat and run but we needed to be off to visit our friend Phyllis in Melbourne. It was wonderful to be fed dinner and tucked early into bed, a king size bed at that. The bed itself probably has more square footage than the whole inside of Rambo. And there’s definitely an increased comfort factor in sleeping in a bed without “cracks” running horizontally through it.

In the morning we were treated to a pancake breakfast, southern style. Please note if you will, the big block of fat back (laying beside the grill on the little "ledge") used to season the grill. Gives a bit of extra flavor to the pancakes.

We had hoped for a shuttle launching while we were in Florida but it is not to be. However, we did visit the Kennedy Space Center… VERY interesting. As you know, I’m always looking for things that set records. The building where the space shuttle is prepared for launch does that in spades. It’s the world’s largest single story building (equal to a 53 story building – so tall in the inside that if wasn’t for the ventilation system clouds would develop). It has the world’s largest painted flag and the world’s largest logo and the world’s tallest garage doors.

In the last photo, John is eyeballing a copy of the vehicle used on the moon (perhaps he’s thinking of converting Rambo). John later took a simulated “launch” ride complete with G-forces (there’s NO hope for Rambo on that score - more than 1 G and he'd probably crumble into a non-recognizable rust heap) and went "to the moon". He may never be the same again....