Armand Bayou Nature Center, San Jacinto Monument, and Johnson Space Center--NASA

This morning, we decided to check-out the Armand Bayou Nature Center.  They have pontoon rides to see nature by water, but it was a little costly, and they only had 2 seats left. We decided to go any way and check out the rest of the nature center.

 Checking out the wetlands.

 Soft-shell Turtle

 Armand Bayou

 Armand Bayou

 Bison

My nephew and brother met our local (and their former) Boy Scout Troop at the San Jacinto Monument to go sleep on the Battleship Texas.  We checked out the historical site.

 Views from the top of the San Jacinto Monument

 

View of the Mexican camp before/after the battle

  

You can see the Battleship Texas as well as the area where the Texians camped before/after the battle.

 This is the actual battleground, which has been turned in to a reflecting pool.

 

View of the San Jacinto Monument from the Battleship Texas.

With the boys going to the ship, my niece was dying to go to the Johnson Space Center--NASA, so we girls took off for some Science/Space fun.

Their traveling exhibit was all about DaVinci and his drawings/ideas. They turned his drawings and notes into exhibits. It was very neat! They had a tank based on his drawings too.  He was 400 years before his time.

 Flying Machine

 Olive Oil Press

 Flying Machine

 Cannon

 Anenometers

We took the blue tram to see sites on the grounds.

 This will be Mission Control beginning September 2014.

Part of the Musuem.  

It also had moon rocks and showed what it was like inside the rockets and space shuttle.