Moon & Rocks

Photo: NASA, naturally
MOONWALK:  Our happy campers came home last night after six nights away from the MPA campus.

Not long after they arrived, we tuned in to NASA TV to watch a special re-broadcast of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, and the first moon walk.  The broadcast started at 7:39 p.m. our time, to coincide with the real time landing back in 1969.

We watched Neil Armstrong take his 'small step' onto the moon's surface, and watched Buzz Aldrin follow shortly thereafter.

It was interesting to watch their first tentative steps on the lunar surface, and then witness their confidence grow with each passing minute. Within 45 minutes, Buzz Aldrin was literally buzzing all over the moon's surface.  Cool!

It's wild to think The first footprints on the moon will be there for a million years, give or take, since there's  no wind to blow them away.

AND SO IT BEGINS:  If you're a regular reader, you know that we recently gleaned  about 15 or so tons of landscaping rocks (from a Craigstlist posting for free), with hopes of turning a 10-foot cliff/drop off in our yard into a pretty rockery.

A couple of weekends ago, we managed to glean  the rocks from a lovely old home in Madrona (on the west bank of Lake Washington), and drag them cross-town to our yard.

Turns out that might have been the easy part.  Today, we started trying to move the rocks into place on our hill.  It involves a whole lot of planning.

We had all sorts of tools to help us out, including pulleys (above) and heavy duty pry bars (below).

We managed to move six whole rocks today. :/

At this rate, we'll be done in 2017 ... or '18.

WET 'N' WILD:  Lots of laundry today post camping trip.  But here's some video from their adventure that puts a smile on my face!

http://youtu.be/XFYuq7PMBFs