Houston

Our second stop on our journey home...

Where: Houston, TX.
Location: 1 hour northwest of Galveston.
Reason: Explore the city, kill time before the wedding tomorrow.

NASA Museum - Johnson Space Center Houston

Model of the living quarters at the Space Station

Astronaut Bret (I didn't want to put it on my head after watching 20 sweaty kids stick it on)

Model of a Space Ship control deck

"One small step for man..."

This wall required too much thinking to understand, but it looked cool.

Model of astronauts living in space.

Astronaut Training Facility at the actual space center nearby.

Rocket Park

Rocket Park, in front of a real, huge rocket

Museums, Etc.

Can you spot the Longhorns?

Houston Museum of Natural Science 

Herman Park

View of downtown Houston from the car

On Friday we went to the NASA Museum and spent a long time there. It was a pretty cool museum with a lot to do and see. Then we checked into our hotel in the Museum/Medical district of Houston and went to get pizza at a local pizzeria called "Luigi's". It was delicious! Then we took the leftovers with us to Herman Park (where it took almost an hour to park) for an outdoor free concert that ended up being totally awesome and totally crowded. It was a Motown concert and we definitely in the minority as far as race goes. I think all the African American ladies standing up in the middle of a song and dancing or waving their arms took him back to his mission days in Georgia. The concert was held in a big outdoor amphitheater and people took blankets and chairs to sit on the hill behind the actual seating.  It was packed, but somehow we found an extra seat in the actual amphitheater so we had a great view.

On Saturday we spend the morning seeing more museums. We spent a couple hours at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and then walked over to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Both were pretty cool. Then we voted that it was definitely time for food and Chipotle sounded like the perfect choice. It was... mmm! Then we drove an hour north to the Woodlands area for Steven and Stephanie's wedding (the entire reason for going 6 hours away from Utah to spend the weekend in Houston). 

(to be continued...)