We’ve had a perfect week of weather down here in Florida, strong sun every day, no rain, hot but not humid – enough to turn our skin quite dark! But remember to use sunscreen and be careful … To that end, this US EPA UV Index web service might be useful:
http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/widget/uviwidget.html
For us down here, enter zip code 34747. I wonder if there’s a similar service for England (maybe it would just display 0 no matter the location!)
Space Shuttle Atlantis launched, for perhaps the last time – we knew there was no way to get close viewing tickets at Cape Canaveral, but we still looked East at 2:20pm … and saw:
We initially saw it even more clearly, with an orange glow at the top of the vapour trail – but I didn’t realize what a great view we would have, so didn’t have my camera ready!
We’ve thought about going on one of the many “behind the scenes” tours available at the different Walt Disney World parks, and finally today we went on the “Keys To The Kingdom” tour, about 4-1/2 hours in the Magic Kingdom, including lunch, and including a couple of trips beyond the public area – down behind Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean (where the parade floats are), under the park in the famous Utilidors, and behind Main St (where there wasn’t much to see except an escaping Cinderella!)
Officially, you can’t take pictures “back stage”, but …
M&I / GBMINI 