Today, Boo-Boo and I made the trek from Birmingham to Huntsville, Alabama to pick up my youngest son from his annual Space Camp adventure.

Umbrella and camera in hand, we made our way from the Red Gate to the building where a “real” Saturn V is displayed (not to be confused with the “fake” Saturn V that is just outside the building) and this week’s Space Academy graduation ceremony was scheduled to take place.

After the ceremony had ended and I had retrieved both my son and his luggage, at Boo-Boo’s behest we made a quick tour of Space Camp and took in some of the sights.

Our first stop after getting the luggage in the car was the Pathfinder Space Shuttle Simulator:

From there, he stopped to take a look at a simulated Saturn 1B:

From there we went to the G Force ride. The good news was that Boo-Boo was finally tall enough to go on it:

The bad news was that the ride was closed due to inclement weather.

So we headed to the gift shop. One our way, Boo-Boo got to look over this V-2:

and the “fake” Saturn V just outside the building that houses the real one:

From there, we went into the museum where Boo-Boo got on the scale:

and then tangled with a bin of t-rex in the gift shop:

Overall, it was a an exhausting and exhilarating day at the end of an exhausting and exhilarating week.

I can hardly wait to see what tomorrow brings.