Back to Reality

Yes, we're back. Vacation is over. It was great, even though it was hot in Florida, as advertised.
Coolest thing: watching the launch of the space shuttle from Cape Canaveral Beach. See that little dot? That's the space shuttle. Even cooler: hearing the sound of the space shuttle launch. It's hard to remember when you see that light climbing in the sky and hear that amazing noise that there are real people riding to space. I hope they fix their little hole in the heat shield and get home safely.

This vacation was a mini-reunion with Speed Racer's family who are not really family. Several years ago, while doing genealogy on the Racer family we met other "Racers" on-line. We have attended two "Racer" reunions - one in Germany, and one here in the US. Speed Racer found some second cousins he didn't know he had, and we also met some folks that must be related to him in some way that we don't know yet who are really terrific people. We invited two of these couples to join us in Florida, and we had a lot of fun together (also a lot of beer.) We are already thinking about hte next mini-reunion -- maybe in Las Vegas?

(I hope Baby Sister is not reading this because she really wants to go to Disney too, and she will be invited next time we go -- I promise!)