Although it was sad to leave, we were excited to be on our way back home. Our first stop on our trip north was in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. Matt went to Space Camp here when he was a kid, so it brought back some happy memories.
In the museum, they had a Saturn V, which is the rocket that sent astronauts to the moon. It is unbelievably large.
Here is Karl in the Apollo command module simulator.
Outside in Rocket Park
Guess what shirt Matt wore that day?
After Hunstville, we continued on to Nashville to spend the night. Today we were going to take a walking tour of downtown, but when we woke up it was dark and raining. Our only indoor option was the Country Music Hall of Fame. When the kids groaned, and we realized how expensive it would be to take two crabby kids through a museum they had no interest in, we decided to amend our travel plans. That's right, we hit the road and powered through all the way to Chicago, where we are right now. We made excellent time, since the kids are incredibly good about riding in the car (we know all kinds of car games now, and the kids both love reading in the car, and the DVDs help too). Just outside of Louisville, we saw a Chik-Fil-A, and knew it was our last chance to try it out. Our last southern meal of the trip turned out to be pretty darn good (but Laura pointed out that it wasn't as good as the Waffle House).
After a day of driving, this is what we saw as we drove into the Windy City.
Tomorrow is our big day to do the town in Chicago, but we got a good taste of it when we had dinner at a super-hip burger place. Tasty!
We all agreed that Chicago somehow feels like home. Although it was hard to be back in jeans and polar fleece, it feels good to be north of the Mason-Dixon line.
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