The Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science is not very large, but it has a nice collection of fossils from Florida, some historical displays of Florida’s past, and an exhibit on the Windover native American burial site that is located nearby. Here are some photos from a visit. The museum Giant Ground Sloth Smilodon, … More The Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science

Every sizable city, it seems, has its military museum, usually run by a local veterans group. Most of them contain uniforms, medals, and maybe some military firearms. But the Veterans Memorial Military Museum in Cocoa FL has a lot more. Here are some photos from a recent visit: The Museum. It is currently being expanded. The … More Brevard County Veterans Memorial Military Museum

The Brevard Zoo is not very large, being a municipal zoo in a not very populous county. But it had a nice selection of species, some of which are not often seen in zoos. Alas, some of the enclosures are still of the wire-screen type, which are not photographer-friendly (and not all that animal-friendly either). Here … More Brevard Zoo, Melbourne FL

The Brevard County Historical Society, in Titusville FL, runs a small local history museum. Here are some photos: The museum WW2 Army field radio used to encipher and decipher Morse Code messages Orange crate from the Blue Goose Fruit Company Bank vault from 1888 Drawbridge control panel First World War dog tags Vietnam War field … More Brevard County Historical Society Museum

The Space Walk of Fame Museum is a small privately-owned museum in Titusville which exhibits artifacts from the space program. It is not a large building: there are no rockets or space vehicles here. But it has a nice collection of artifacts. Here are some photos from a visit: The Space Walk of Fame Museum … More The Space Walk of Fame Museum, Titusville FL

The Warbird Museum in Titusville FL is run by the nonprofit Valiant Air Command. It has around 35 military aircraft of all eras, some of them replicas, on display, with several more under restoration. Here are some photos from a recent visit: The Warbird Museum Czechoslovakian Mig-21. This is the two-seater “U” trainer version. F4F … More Warbirds Museum, Titusville FL

Some photos from a visit to the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville FL: The Rocket Garden. From left: Gemini-Titan II, Mercury-Atlas, Atlas-Agena, Mercury-Redstone, Thor-Delta, Juno II, Juno Saturn 1B Orion spacecraft, engineering model Space Shuttle Atlantis Atlantis cargo bay Vertical Assembly Building, where the rockets are assembled before launch New mobile launch tower being built … More Kennedy Space Center

To stay in touch with the rest of the world while on the road, I depend on my little Toshiba netbook. She has given me good service for several years now. I not only use her for editing and uploading book manuscripts for my job, but also to post messages and photos online, to keep … More Internet, Cellphone, and Staying in Touch

Huntsville AL is the site of the US Army’s Redstone Arsenal, where military missiles are designed and tested, the Marshall Spaceflight Center, and Space Camp. Here are some photos from a visit: The Visitor Center Space Camp Pathfinder, a fullscale mockup of the Space Shuttle “stack” used for engineering tests A fullscale engineering mockup of … More Marshall Spaceflight Center, Huntsville AL