Lanai repair at 8002

Our pool is fully surrounded by a lanai, a metal frame covered in mesh, to keep the insects away – but over the years it’s developed some quite big holes and splits at the bottom (I think mostly caused by lawn maintenance). We decided to try repairing it ourselves, and it turned out successful!

Pulling out the old mesh is hard, and it’s a little tricky keeping the tension on the new mesh. If the tension is too much, it’s impossible to push the mesh and rubber in to the frame groove – but too little tension leaves the mesh untidy and sagging. Still, we are pleased with the result on this first panel.

Space Shuttle Atlantis

We spent today at the Kennedy Space Center, to attend the last ever journey of Space Shuttle Atlantis, to it’s future museum/exhibit home – we weren’t the only interested people!


We started our day on another tour bus – but this time we got closer than ever to the one-time Shuttle launchpad 39A:

 

Next stop was a VERY close-up with Atlantis, almost close enough to touch 🙂


But Atlantis was on a journey, and it continued as the day progressed. It’s destination:

And as we all lined up to watch, Atlantis slowly (very slowly!) approached …

 

And as we leave at the end of the day, Atlantis is close to being pushed in to the new museum/exhibit building …