So this is it, another trip comes to an end. We are all sad to say goodbye to Huntsville, it's amazing how quickly it became home. Florida was great to experience and the Bahamas was magical... but Huntsville with it's friendly people, beautiful natural wonders, fascinating history and exciting future was such a great fit for our family. It easily became our favourite place in USA (so far at least). We have loved living on base at Redstone Arsenal, and Marshall...

Today we went to Point Mallard! It is a water park! The first thing we did was the lazy river, and then we did the junior water playground. I went on one of the mini slides, but I was to big, and ended up with a very sore elbow. Next we went in the giant wave pool. At it’s deepest point without waves it is 8 feet deep, and the waves are super strong. After that, I went to the water slides! The first one I did was a flume ride, gentle and fun. Believe it or no...

Today we just mooched about in Huntsville and surrounds, tidying up a few last wishes. We found this giant saturn1b rocket at a rest stop/ welcome area near the Tennessee border, and it was such a nice spot that we decided to stay and have a vending machine lunch! Called in at Elkton, a very pretty little town where there is a world famous goats cheese creamery. I have to admit that their goat cheese ice cream and cheesecake are Devine. Took the kids to Walma...

I’M BACK! Space camp was AMAZING! From the get go we were referred to as trainees, and everything we did was done as if it were real. I was part of team Cepheus, 16 trainees aged 9-11, from all around USA ( plus me from NZ and someone from the Bahamas ). Here are just a few of the amazing things I did… . I slept in a space station mockup, where Even the doors were space airlock doors . Watched lots of amazing, mind blowing, space stuff on big screens . M...

We got a message early in the morning from Rusty to say that he would open up his TV and Movie car museum for us over lunchtime. It's up in Jackson, about 2 1/2 hours drive away, so we gobbled down our breakfast and hit the road. It was very hot, so a good day to be in the car with the air con on anyway! The museum was fantastic! We saw the General Lee from Dukes of Hazard, KIT from Knight Rider, Herbie, The Bluesmobile from the Blues brothers, The Batmobile, ...