Houston Confusion, Pt. 2

As far as work goes, this week was pretty uneventful. Which would be unfortunate, if I hadn't had a spectacular weekend.
On Friday, we found this really seedy bowling alley in Beaumont that was also really cheap, and took about an hour and bowled our hearts out. It ended up being the same five of us hanging out all weekend that went to Houston last week. That was probably the most fun I've had bowling in quite a long time. After bowling, we all decided we were hungry yet again (because they feed us so early here!), and so we went to Chick-Fil-A, where I successfully spilled a peach milkshake all over the place. It was a very fun night.

On Saturday, we took another trip to Houston, to finish out the last of our CityPass tickets. We visited the Houston Health museum in the morning, which was enough entertainment for about an hour, then we went and ate lunch and headed to the Johnson Space Center. We spent the entire afternoon there, as there was a lot to do, such as watch educational movies, see the inside of the cockpit of a space shuttle, and take a tram tour of the actual base, complete with a visit to the current Mission Control room. We even got to see one of the actual Saturn V rockets that took men to the moon (in the picture above). Also, there was a special exhibit at the Space Center, about the films of George Lucas and featuring props from Star Wars and Indiana Jones, so that was interesting.

After going to the Space Center, we ate dinner then headed to the Houston Aquarium, which is actually open until 11. We were expecting a normal aquarium, but the Houston Aquarium is anything but. First, the Aquarium did an excellent job of presenting the exhibits, and showing some unusual animals, such as the Moray Eel, a giant octopus, and even rare white tigers. In addition to this, there is also a Restaurant and a Lounge within the Aquarium, and situated right outside is a perpetual carnival, complete with a carousel, a Ferris Wheel, live music, and carnival games, all affiliated with the Aquarium. It was all very enticing and a good way to get people to go to an Aquarium.