Day 1

SUNDAY-After arriving to SCSDB to leave at 6am this wet Sunday morning, the 4 students, who between them probably had 25 minutes of sleep the previous night, and I were eager to get on the road to pick up Kate and head to Alabama for Space Camp 2009!

A mostly uneventful, sleepy for some (pics below) :) but rainy, trip landed us in Alabama about 1:00 CENTRAL time. The students met a few of the staff and moved into their rooms (pics below) They all agreed that their "habitat" (same sign as "dorm" with an "h" ) was weird, but they were excited to meet some new  friends from all over the country.

We quickly grabbed a sub lunch and were divided into their groups. Kia, SP and Dale were together in the "Atlas" group, Kate was in the Von Tiesenhausen group and Lee was in the Aldrin group. Each group had students from PA, SC, IA, MD, CA and there were 2 international students, one from Italy and one from Germany! 

We had not one, but TWO tornado drills, so we quickly learned  where the "safe places" were, and then all of the groups jumped into "Shuttle Anatomy" where they learned key words/terms to describe their space shuttle. Naturally, an IMAX movie filled their "leisurely" Sunday evening while I was stuck in not-so-exciting staff and interpreter meetings.

Though the kids complained about the early bedtime (9:30) they were all tuckered out and got to be so they'd be rested well for their first full day at Space Camp.