A rare excursion in our winter of downtime: while staying at Lake Conroe, we drive 1.5 hours south to Houston to visit the Space Center there.

It was a rainy day up north, but I knew it was dry south of Houston:

Houston:

Minute Maid Park:

A space suit outside a McDonald’s near the Space Center:

Space Center Houston:

SpaceX Falcon 9:

Space Shuttle Independence atop a jumbo:

Space Center Houston:

We had lunch at the Food Lab food court:

Exhibits:

The Shuttle on a jumbo; the Shuttle is a replica, but the plane is one of two used to transport the Shuttles:

Exhibits in the plane:

We had wanted to do one of the guided tram tours of the space center, but their reservation system was being dodgy, so we weren’t able to do so, which was a little disappointing:

Inside the replica shuttle:

Gift store:

Selfie:

A few more pics of downtown Houston on the way home: