Helge og Co. cruiser igjennom USA: Whacky Wednesday

KSC Rocket display

Eirik was supposed to wake us up at 9, as he had to get up to have a phone interview with Norway. He decided on the opposite though, to have the interview in his room, and not wake us up.

This meant that we slept until 1030am. When we did wake up, packing started for our ride to Kennedy Space Center, 90 minutes delayed.

The ride up took a long hour, and we arrived around 1pm and set of. After Eiriks recommendation, we headed straight to the guided bus tour around the facility, and ended up at the Apollo exhibition with a full size Saturn V rocket. Big stuff. The center had a lot to do, but because of our late departure, and need to get to Orlando in time for the NBA game.

Fake astronaut

We departed a bit over 4 after a quick visit to the space shuttle exhibition and headed to Orlando. After an uneventful game, check in was performed at DoubleTree by Hilton, beers were consumed and the shuttle taken to the Amway Center for the final game of the regular NBA season between Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers. This game was sadly not important to any of the teams, because Pacers had already won their conference, and Magic had no chance to get to the playoffs.

Our seats were high up by the roof, and we soon decided that we deserved some of the empty seats down closer to the court. After the first period we snuck ourself into the lower stands, and captured a couple of $200+ seats. These gave us a good view of the rest of the game.

Basketball itself (as most other american sports) are not my cup of tea in the end. The crowd is mostly quiet when they play, and just get loud when they have a chance to get free stuff or get on the big screen during the breaks. People don't even clap when points are scored, unless its a three-pointer or a big dunk.