Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Huntsville, AL

What does Huntsville have to do with the following picture? Nothing. But I can't let a school year start without posting a picture of da boys on their first day.


Kevin is in 5th, Cameron is in 2nd, and apparently Cade skipped the rest of his part-time daycare and jumped headfirst into 5th grade with Kevin.
Now, on to Huntsville. Dana and I took a weekend trip to the area to check things out and see if it's a place we'd like to live. I also happened to have an interview at Marshall Space Flight Center. What a coincidence.

If you haven't been there Huntsville, (pronounced Huntsvl) is a lot like Las Cruces in that it's very green, lots of trees and water and high humidity. You know, just like Las Cruces was in the Paleozoic Era. The weather was actually beautiful the first two days we were there (upper 80's with humidity around 35%). I don't know what those whiners are talking about when they say it's hot and stuffy. Piece of cake!

A piddly little pond between Decatur and Huntsvl. Pfft! I've seen bigger bodies of water collecting at the end of my street.

The historic district is really cool. This building is almost as old as our country. If you're ever in the area, you have to go see Harrison Hardware store. It's cool!

Some hot chick I snapped a picture of when Dana wasn't looking.


Me and the hottie! Too bad I didn't use the flash. This was on my birthday too. Happy birthday to me.
Um, yeah. I really don't think I can add anything to this.
Rocket Park at MSFC. The tall one is a Saturn 1B, I believe. At something like 162 feet it's about 1/2 the height of the mighty Saturn V. It's still no Atlantis though. And, I would know that, because, like, I might have kicked the tires and left a noseprint on the window in Atlantis' airlock or something.
Dana had a nice view of the sunset on the way home.
Thanks to Mom & Dad for watching the boys while we were gone. Rest assured, they came home spoiled rotten and wired with sugar.

3 comments:

Joann said...

So what's the verdict? Is Huntsvl a place you could live or not? Have you considered just how much Wichita has to offer in the aeronautics field -- hmmm, perhaps you have! (Hope you brought that cute chick home with you.)

Jennifer @ Diving In said...

Bet they have good seafood there. That would be on the "pro" side of the column for me!

We're praying for you as you make this big decision!

The Wells Family-Jason, Gwen, Paige, and Lane said...

From your post it sounds like maybe the decision is already made?? Well, you know that if that's what the Lord has planned for you all of the pieces will fall into place!

Hope the boys had a great first day of school!