Power Tour - Day 2

Aah, day 2 - the day started out over at the Kennedy Space Center. When we bought the tickets the NASA man told us to get there at 7:00am, that's when the gate opened for us. There were two lots, one for the people who did sign up and the other for the people who didn't. We arrived a little after 7:00 and found we were a bit early. Like two and a half hours early. That was okay, we walked around and did some shopping. The other guys had their driver meeting at 7:45. At around 9:30 the Hot Rod lead guy, we'll call him Flip-Flops, arrived and started the meeting. First he spoke for a while, then handed the mic over to one of the FL Congressmen, who is also a car guy. After he spoke, an Astronaut spoke to us. That was pretty cool. I have to admit, I was ignorant to all the technologies that NASA has brought about. GPS, credit cards, cell phones, all kinds of things. While I get that the government needs to save money, I don't think that NASA is the right place to cut it. Maybe we should cut government pensions? Hmmm. Okay, I'll step off my soapbox.
After our drivers meeting, we headed back to the cars and drove towards the KSC. It is in the middle of nowhere! We took a driving tour around the area, even into some restricted areas. It was pretty cool! We could see the next launch craft WAY in the distance. Guess I should say last, not next.
Once we got through the tour we headed to our next stop, Adel, GA; Southern GA Motorsports Park. As it turns out, this part of the country is having a massive heat wave. It was 98 degrees. It was just too hot. We didn't stay very long, needless to say. Long enough for me to get more sun, which was not a good thing!
When we started heading to the hotel, it was feeling like we were on the set of the movie Deliverance. No one else on the roads, woods all around us, no houses. We were a bit dubious as to where we were actually going. Luckily, we did find our hotel and there was an Applebees to eat at right across the parking lot.
They were huge busy and had 5 servers working - apparently they were not made aware there were 3000 people coming to town. Whoops. Once we were seated we started checking out the drink menu - you know, the DRINK menu. Our server came over and busted our bubbles, Georgia does not serve alcohol on Sundays. WTH?!