Michael and Kaylyn's Adventures
06 August 2006
Kaylyn In Production
Earlier this summer Kaylyn received a commission to make invitations and thank you cards for a wedding. She just posted pictures of her in action to her web site. Check them out!05 July 2006
Michael's Trikke Trek
Michael took a twenty-three mile (roundtrip) Trikke ride yesterday! He started at the ferry terminal downtown (bottom edge of the map; the yellow line marks the path he took), rode north through the Ballard Locks, then along the Ship Canal, the north edge of Lake Union, and around the University of Washington campus. Then he wasn't tired yet, so he turned around and did the whole thing in reverse!
03 July 2006
Guy Day 1, Mountain 0
Scott and Michael did a fifteen mile hike through part of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. These pictures are from the one place on the trail where Mount Rainier was visible. Guy Day fun!
04 June 2006
Bunk Bed Kids
25 May 2006
Birthday Trikke
For Michael’s birthday this year he bought a Trikke.
What’s a Trikke? Loads of fun, that’s what! It’s a three-wheeled cambering vehicle, which means that your leaning back and forth makes it go forward. Add in turning the front wheel, and reinforce your leaning with some leg action, and you have one sweet ride! You’ll fly on the flats, downhill is of course a breeze, and uphill just takes a bit more work.
(Can you tell Michael likes it?
First he had to assemble it. Sebastian helped.
Go Michael go!
22 May 2006
Space, The Final Frontier
One day we jaunted over to the Kennedy Space Center.
Michael was very much looking forward to seeing a Saturn V rocket. He had hoped to stand right next to those giant exhaust cones, but alas the rocket was mounted too high overhead for that. He was still awed by the size of it all!
This is the Vehicle Assembly Building, where they put the Saturn V rockets together for the Apollo program and where today they mate the Space Shuttle to its boosters and main engine. It’s the tallest single story building in the world! To give you an idea of its size, the Statue of Liberty would fit through its doors with ease. And those red stripes on the US flag are wider than a tour bus!
We took this picture from the observation gantry for the two shuttle launch pads. Lucky us: the Space Shuttle had crawled out to its launch pad just the day before! Seeing the shuttle Right There was the coolest!
Here’s a closeup. It was Right There!
We always thought of the Orbiter (to use its proper term – the Space Shuttle is the entire package of Orbiter plus the Solid Rocket Boosters and the External Tank) as huge, but it’s actually not that big – only about as big around as the plane we flew down on, in fact, and not nearly as long. It is still pretty impressive though!
This is the view from the VIP Viewing Area. The structure on the left is the launch pad where the Shuttle was; the structure on the right is the other launch pad. Not nearly as nice a view as from the observation gantry!
This is the view from the secret locals-only (and visitors-who-overhear-guards-talking) viewpoint: the Cape Canaveral National Seashore north of the Kennedy Space Center. That’s the launch pad on the left and the Vehicle Assembly Building on the right – quite a distance to haul the Space Shuttle, no? Especially at one-half mile per hour and forty feet per gallon!
It was Even More Right There!
Epcot Hunters
Michael received a free ticket to the Disney parks for speaking at the conference. Plus he could buy a second ticket for cheap. So we spent an afternoon at Epcot. We did a couple of the rides, but mostly we wanted to go around the world. Where else can you see Germany, France, and Morocco all in just a few hours?
The United Kingdom. Complete with street performers. (Not visible in this picture, so stop looking for them.)
China.
Germany.
Japan from across the lake. Those hulks in the water are the platforms for the nightly fireworks.
Japan again.
Norway. Lefses are super yummy!
We stayed ‘til closing so we could see the nightly fireworks show. The show was pretty cool, but we think the night sky was even better.
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