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The entire family and I visited the Dulles Air and Space Museum today. Lots of aircraft and space craft were on display. Microlites thru to the space shuttle Enterprise used for landing software validation. The exhibit spans a huge hangar with an added on hangar for the space stuff. A Redstone missiles (used by Explorer1) was on display. Anyway, lots and lots of stuff for aerospace fans.

When we were finished and headed out late in the afternoon, it started to rain. Lacking any better idea, we headed home before going to dinner at a local noodle house. After dinner, it was back into DC to watch the fireworks. We arrived at a great viewing place near the Potomac River just as the display began. I was unable to locate the simulcast FM station, so we just watched from the SUV. It was sprinkling the entire time.

After the fireworks finished, the GPS hunt for home was on.

I haven’t mentioned this, but my kitchen at home is full of very different items when compared to this Indonesian household. I have metal and plastic spatulas, they have wooden. I have non-stick pans, they have cast iron. There’s an odd (to me) spice rack and other fixin’s around. Of course, the eggs, milk, and beer looked familiar as did most of the fruit. There were odd fruits and veggies, however.

On Saturday, I’ll be getting up and going on my own in the hope if doing 2 attractions tomorrow. Somehow, I’ve only been able to do 1 per day as everything takes longer to accomplish than expected.