Why?

Load up a Big Bus with pre-teen's and you're going to be answering a lot of "why" questions.
Load them into a 1950's vintage airliner and those questions become more meaningful than any question they’ve ever ask before.

Grandpa Dude ( I’m grandpa dude to my grandchildren) why is there smoke and flames coming from the engine when it starts?

Grandpa Dude, why does Big Bird fly?

Grandpa Dude …are we there yet, what's that do, why do you click that all the time, what's that sound …can I drive? Grandpa Dude, why do you keep the door to your “office” closed when your driving Big Bird?

This trip is about our grandchildren. Linda and I learned a great deal about this rock on our last trip.
This year we want to share it with our family so …the kiddo’s are driving. They are picking places they’d like to see and things they’d like to do. The planet is theirs to choose from.

We are going to virtually gather in this Constellation, our big RV, and explore their ideas and curiosities of our rock.

We’re looking for mermaids, the lion king, Budapest, Europe, New Zealand, water slides on Hawaii  …oh yeah, and Texas.
Actually, that’s where the party starts …Texas.
My children and  grandchildren are driving. We’ll gather all up, hit a beach in the Bahamas and form a flight plan …after Texas. Texas is gonna rock! Gbg-Z’s plan.

Stay tuned. We’re about to depart KLAS for KABQ …take a little flight over the Grand Canyon into New Mexico then off for KBRO.

Learning links for kiddos:
nasa.gov/StudentSite/educationallinks.html
sciencekidsathome.com/science_topics/flight.html