Did you ever do something as a child, and then really just forget about it as you “grew up”?  Not like some big huge dream or goal or activity, but just some little thing that you really enjoyed at the time?  One of those things for me was drawing the Saturn V rocket.  I drew that thing over and over again.  It was so cool to me.  Last year, i was in Galveston and got to visit NASA.  I saw an actual Saturn V rocket up close and got to touch it.  Moments like that are pretty cool.  I never thought about getting to see a Saturn V rocket, but once I got the chance I felt like a kid again.

So, this week gave me a feew more opportunities to connect with my inner child in few ways.  I also used to draw Navy aircraft carriers, as well a close-up pictures of jet fighter pilots in the cockpit of their airplanes.  While I was at a work conference in Corpus Christi this week, I got to go on the USS Lexington.  It was at night, but we got to walk all over it, including up on the bridge. Pretty cool.  They also had a jet plane display that you could do this:

UPDATE: here is the scan of what I used to draw all the time as a kid:

You might wonder why the dude has a red cape and blue face? Because he is a superhero ninja pilot, of course….

Connecting with your inner kid like that is such a blast.

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