Another 20,000 step day. This isn't much by historic standards, but it's about all I can manage these days. Multi-day backpacking tr...

OK. I hear you. You guys like positive thoughts and accomplishments more than cynicism and despair. That's normal. You seem to appreciat...

I found out this morning that the article I finished yesterday about my trip to Kennedy Space Center has already been accepted for publicati...

I finished my new article this morning and sent it off to several publications that I thought might be interested. I think the chances of ge...

I'm back on Dallas time. Not surprisingly, I'm back on my regular schedule as well. I made my signature smoothie with a big bowl ful...

The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is a beautiful place on a clear night. When we arrived at our destination on the shores of the B...

The weather looks beautiful and the launch is still on for tonight. Amazingly, we were granted direct access to Pad 39A today and got a clos...

Today was amazing. We started the day by attending a press conference that was broadcast on NASA TV. We got to ask the payload specialists q...

I made it to Florida. It was a long day but everything went relatively smoothly. Going through the TSA line didn't go smoothly, but it n...

Today was the longest day of the year. It wasn't long enough however. I've felt way behind all day. I'm trying to get ready for ...

It was so hot today that all I really wanted to do was drink cold beverages. I need to start taking water with me on my walks. You sweat so ...

Another trip around the sun has been completed. Last year at this time I felt old. This year I feel like each additional year is a bonus. Ja...

We spent the afternoon with the rescue Dalmatians again. All the dogs love to have visitors. There were fewer dogs this week because Xander,...

By my low standards it was a very busy day. I made my travel arrangements for the Florida trip. In the end, flying turned out to be the bett...

Good grief. Our power went out again last night. As I was calling in the outage report, I had visions of ice cream melting in the freezer a...

I've been going back and forth all day about whether to fly or drive to Florida. Surprisingly, the cost is about the same either way. My...

Travel is stressful. NASA finally confirmed a launch date for the Falcon Heavy, so I started looking for a hotel. Literally as I was looking...