Day one and day five --- The day we went to sea world
Today is our first day in Orlando. We have no idea of what we are going to do today, the three of us say (Baneza, Esmeralda, and me), said “why don’t we go to Sea World”. Ms. Bushman said “sure we should go”. We went to sea world, at first we didn’t know what to see, and then Mr. Hanks suggested we go to see one of the shows , so we went to go see some shows they were really cool, especially how they train the dolphins and whales and other sea animals to do all the stunts.
We’ve got to learn many interesting facts about every kind of animal there was in sea world. We even got to hold half of a rib bone that one of the manatees had lost while it was being saved.
We got to meet the trainers from one of the dolphin shows. Baneza and I (Mayra) got to actually touch a dolphin but unfortunately Esmeralda didn’t. We also got to feel how it was like to be a manta ray, how they swim through the water.
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Our fifth day is a happy day; yes finally we are going to see the shuttle launch (yah) we all woke up early for this day. Unfortunately Ms. Bushman got an email telling her that the launch was delayed all of us were so sad. We had already been ready to see the launch but unfortunately we did not see it. On our fifth day in Florida we went back to sea world. This time we got to feed the dolphins and pet them again. We also got to touch manta rays it was really cool. They were really slimy, but it was cool to get to touch them.
We also got to see again the kids Baneza and I meet in the Astronaut Hall of Fame. All of us were glad to see each other again.
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Day two and also day four --- This was the original day of the launch¬ when we first planned our trip-- and the day we also went to Kennedy Space Center
We had to wake up early; we went to Kennedy Space Center. The three of us feel asleep on our way to Kennedy Space Center. When we arrived, we were all excited to see and learn about all this new stuff. At first, we didn’t know what we were going to do. Then Mrs. Hanks spotted that an astronaut was going to give a talk so all of us went to hear him give his talk. We also took a picture with him,
Astronaut James Reilly. Then we went to a ride that there is in Kennedy Space Center; It’s called Shuttle launch experience. It was an experience that felt like if we were actually on a shuttle launch. Then we went to see the rocket garden. Yeah, I know it might sound weird but it’s a garden of pure rockets. It’s pretty cool. We also got to meet a hero, well a hero to me and to many other people. Why is he hero you ask me? He is a hero because he is one of the persons that helped get the astronauts of Apollo 13 (The Successful failure) get home. That is why he is a hero thanks to him he saved 3 astronauts. THANK YOU MITCH CURRAH.
On the fourth day, went back to Kennedy Space Center. We also got to go to The Astronaut Hall of Fame. We got to see a lot of awesome stuff. Baneza and I got to get on a ride that was similar to what you feel g-force like when you are on an airplane. It was really cool. We also got to see the memorial of the astronauts whom had died. We saw a lot of interesting things for example; we saw memorabilia of Buzz Aldrin. We also got to meet these little kids here while we were waiting to get on the ride. They were really cool and very intelligent. They had come from Southwest Virginia. They had also come to see the launch only Baneza and I met them. They were really fun and were good company. I hope we could meet up again.
We also got to see the modules of the space suites that the astronauts got to wear when they went into space. We saw all sorts of stuff that I really thought was cool.
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Day three--- we went to the Epcot center November 2nd, 2010
Today is a rainy day we couldn’t do much so we decided to go to Epcot Center. It was really fun. We went on a lot of educational rides (e.g. Mars expedition, The Land, behind the scenes, etc...).
The Mars expedition was an interesting ride. We got to actually feel and see what it was like to go to Mars. When I got on it for the first time I was with Esmeralda and Baneza team AKS. Mr., Mrs. Hanks and Ms. Bushman were on a separate team.
Esmeralda was our commander, Baneza was the navigator, and I was the pilot, successfully we made it alive ha-ha.
The Land, on this ride we got to see how some parts of the USA are: deserts, wet lands, grasslands and tropical.
I loved behind the scenes. It wasn’t actually a ride. We got to tour Epcot’s greenhouse. We learned how to build a greenhouse out of a fish tank and in our own back yard. By only using stacked planters, they were able to get about 20 plants instead of one growing in the same space. They also grew the plants without soil by spraying them with liquid nutrients.
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Day six—we went to the beach and watched the movie Apollo 13
We were going to the beach, but first we went for Stephanie and Kathy. But they were leaving to go see the doctor so they told us that we could stay in their house, so we did and we watched Apollo 13. But at half of the movie everyone got hungry so we were going to eat at his restaurant that Ms. Bushman recommended. We did go eat there, at first we didn’t know what to eat, there all sorts of sea food. Mr. Hanks ordered blue crab, Ms. Bushman also ordered the same but they ordered the all you can eat meal, which comes with two side orders and you can choose all other sea food items that cost less than what you ordered. This allowed us to try crab, fried white fish, Maui Maui, steamed and fried shrimp, and clam strips. Then the three of us tried all of the food so we knew what we liked and were ready to order. Baneza ordered Maui Maui grilled and her two side orders, Esmeralda ordered the same Maui Maui and I ordered Maui Maui darkened and my two side orders. This time we had all tried something new. All of the food that we had tried was very delicious and fresh sea food. Something new that we also tried that wasn’t sea food was hush puppies these were really good and yummy. Then when we went back to Stephanie’s house we started to watch the movie and then we went to beach when Stephanie and Kathy came back.
Finally the day we got to the beach, the three of us were ready to go to the beach. We’re ready but when we got out of the car it was chilly, but we didn’t care. I was the first one to get into the water. The water was so warm and I told Baneza to come on in. She did but she didn’t come in completely. I was the first one to start boogie boarding. At first, I didn’t know how to boogie board but I learned how to. Also Baneza and me for the first time went bodysurfing and it was fun we actually learned how to bodysurf.
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Day seven--- the day we went to the nature walk
This day was a cold day in Florida. We decided to go to for a nature walk; yah; it was really fun. We saw many plants that I had never seen for example I saw this plant that look like grapes but were poisons little balls that, just looked like grapes. We also took a lot of funny pictures. Then after that we went to the beach again where it was close to the shuttle pad. When we saw it we tried to get pictures of it so we did but they weren’t really close. After that we went to a planetarium it was really cool to see and learn about the planets. We also got to see a show about the constellations and laser mania. What we learned about the constellations was really cool, because after that we got to see Jupiter and four of its moons through the big telescope. It was really cool how we got to see Jupiter and how we were finding the constellations.
The day we had fun
Our last day in Florida. Well that day it was all about having fun. Yep pure fun. This day we went TRAX, we had gone go-carting, laser tagging, and miniature golfing. It was really fun. In the go-carts it was awesome. Well Mr. Hanks was speeding, no one let me pass or go through. Everyone was safe and it was really fun. After the miniature golfing we went to an airboat ride. It was really fun and cold. We actually got to see only one alligator and we also named him George. The name of the captain of the airboat is Captain Gill. We also got to buy and try gator jerky, well Baneza and I didn’t try it. Esmeralda and I got to try alligator meat but it was deep fried. It was good, yum.
Oh well, we didn’t get to see what we wanted in the shuttle launch. However, we got to learn more than what we lost. I also learned that anything is impossible and that even the impossible is possible, and to never give up. Also if you work as a team you can do anything and anything is possible with team work.
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