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Part 7 (Continued)
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It
was back on the road after our St. Augustine
visit. This photo shows an oversize load transported a
pretty large boat. The terrain in Florida was
pretty flat. We would end up spending about a
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As we
were ready to head back west towards home, we
decided to stop at the Kennedy Space Center.
Dogs were not allowed inside the center, but
they did have a free day boarding kennel. The
space shuttle shown here can be seen from the
road. It is a full size mock up of a shuttle.
Once inside the center you can walk inside this
shuttle and
see how much, or really how little space the
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This
is an exterior photo of the day kennel for dogs
at the Kennedy Space Center.
Once you pay admission for the center, you walk
over to the kennel and press a button for an
attendant. They came pretty quickly and we put
Toby in an indoor shaded kennel. They had no air
conditioning but several fans seemed to
cool the place nicely. There is no
attendant in the kennel building, but they do
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This is an inside photo of the kennels. The
kennels on the left are for smaller dogs and the
kennels in the back for the larger pooches. After
dropping Toby off, we went into the Kennedy Space
Center. We paid extra to have lunch with astronaut
Jon
McBride who was a pilot on the Space Shuttle
Challenger in October of 1984. After lunch me and
my family posed for a photo with Jon McBride. Then
we took a bus tour of the center which included
an outside viewing of where the shuttles are built
and a distant view of the launch pad. There was
also much to see in the way of space
paraphernalia. It was well worth the stop over.
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Later that day we checked into the dog-friendly Holiday
Inn in Titusville, located near the Kennedy
Space Center.
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This was the view from the Holiday Inn Hotel. The
building off in the distance, across the water, is the launch pad at
the Kennedy Space Center. If you are there for a
shuttle launch, this would be a excellent hotel to
stay at with your pooch, as you can both watch one
of the launches from your hotel room.
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As we headed west the next day, we came across
some of the hurricane damage that had bombarded
Florida earlier that summer. We saw buildings with
parts of roofs ripped off and sides of some
buildings that were damaged. The photo shown here
is a highway sign that had been torn apart by the
strong winds.
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Along the way we found a nice Florida rest stop
with lots of room to walk around. And it did not
have any "no pets" signs that we saw, either near
the picnic tables or on the grass. Dogs still needed
to be leashed.
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After our stop we continued on our way. This photo
shows some swampy Florida land next to the
highway.
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It was starting to get late and we stopped for the
night at a motel. I believe it was a Days Inn.
There wasn't much else there so we
left pretty early the next day.
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This was kind of a neat roadside attraction. One
of the Florida rest stops had a life size replica
of a Blue Angel fighter jet.
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This photo was taken shortly after crossing over
into Alabama. It wouldn't take us too much longer
to get to New Orleans... Click
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