Thursday, June 24, 1993

Got up before dawn and moved the boat away from the fuel dock. Dropped anchor and waited for the other boat to leave. And waited. When it hadn't left by nine o'clock, we took Nancy and Jeanette to the dock so they could go into Cocoa Beach and rent a car. The other boat finally left at ten. We were barely tied to the dock when Nancy and Jeanette returned.
Drove to the Kennedy Space Center. We were really impressed. The place goes on for miles and has its own highways.
Saw "The Dream Is Alive" at the Imax theater. Visited a number of exhibits. Ate lunch at the Orbit Cafeteria. Then we took the bus tour on the biggest bus we've ever seen. It was 80 feet long and had two levels. Held about 200 people.
We saw two launch pads, the vehicle assembly building, a transporter that carried the huge rockets, and a number of other things. They let us off the bus several times to take pictures and to visit a replica of a control center, which was very interesting. There was another bus in back of ours. We decided to get on it, since it was less crowded than the one we'd been on. We noticed that a lot of the passengers were speaking German but didn't think anything of it until the tour-guide tape came over the speakers in German. Then we realized that was a special all-German bus! At the next stop we got back on the English-language bus.
Returned to the boat. Nancy and Jeanette got their bags and left. They're going to spend the night in Fort Lauderdale (but not at the Holiday Inn!), because they have to catch a nine o'clock plane out of there. It's a shame they couldn't stay longer, but at least they had a good time while they were here.