Our life with our dogs in an RV on 50 Amps: The Endeavor

Friday, January 25, 2013

The Endeavor

As we awoke today, the weather in the morning had cleared a little bit, despite the weather being very rainy during the night. The sunshine gives the dogs as well as our selves, the ability to recharge our batteries.

Our main activity for the first full day of staying at Bolsa Chica state beach was to visit the California science center and see the space shuttle Endeavor. We awoke to rain driving down on the roof of the motor home. Guess it was a good idea we planned inside activities for the day! :-) After breakfast we made our way up to the area of the USC campus which where the California science center is.

This is a wonderful beginning to a facilty which, though temporary, allows for folks to explore the shuttle Endeavor.

There is also where the equipment from the Operations center for the Rocketdyn corporation was moved too, allowing folks to feel like they are at the nerve center for launch operations for shuttle missions.

The science center is more than just the home of the space shuttle. There are a great number of topics to explore such as communications, technology, ecology and even decay. There are also a number of aerospace displays such as the command module for the Apollo-Soyuz mission and the Gemini 11 space capsule.

The Endeavor display was amazing! It is a truly awesome machine to see up close. It is so cool to think that just a few months ago it flew over our heads in Sacramento. Even though there is a lot of aerospace stuff to see at this museum, they also have a nice aquarium area.

After we finished seeing the Endeavor, we went home and picked up the dogs and took them to Rosie's dog beach. The three dogs enjoyed running and playing and checking out the surf.