The Cosmosphere: part 2 and a little art, too!

If you missed part 1 of the Cosmosphere, it is here.  However, I want to begin with a little art for Rosie's Circles theme at Art Journal Journey.  If you are unfamiliar with her work, it is stunning.

I can't take full credit for the inspiration to this piece.  First, I saw Jo's recent AJJ entry, then I saw the planet/circle on the Cosmosphere's logo and knew I wanted to make something with planets.  I actually revamped an old piece I created years ago.  I punched circles and added them to the background, which I had created before.  I even added the laughable image of our "blue earth."

The background contains several of my handmade shimmering mists that I added after I masked off the quote I ran through my printer.

Returning to the Cosmosphere, after we got our tickets,

the first thing we did was hop on board the flight simulator.

Just my kind of seating: no seat belts, but panic buttons on the seat arms. 

Then we were off.

It wasn't long until 

we were flying high in the clouds and

being tossed in our seats in harmony to what was being seen on the screen. 

We were even pushed forward and backward, while rotating side to side.  It was an exhilarating experience

that didn't last nearly long enough.  Sorry that some of the photos were fuzzy, but I swear we were being tossed every which way (and I for one, was loving it!).  Sadly it made taking photos a bit of a challenge.

This is the one I REALLY want to take for a spin (pun intended).  Could it be we were finally ready to leave the lobby?

Not quite yet!  I had to get a few photos of the three story high Lunar Lander

that is directly across from the ticket office.  This spacecraft landed on the moon.  I missed the Rover that was parked next to it, because I never went near it when we went to the bottom floor.

Being afraid of heights, I had to lean far over the railing to get these shots I took for your enjoyment.

We will finally exit the lobby next time.  I hope you aren't bored yet, because all of a sudden Joseph's sons had lost interest in the entire experience.  It's too bad, because Joseph wanted to experience the all day pass, and it cost right at $150.00 (USD) for four adults and two children.

Thanks for coming along with me today to ride in the flight simulator and prepare to leave the lobby.  But most of all, thanks for checking out my first contribution to Circles for Rosie at Rosie's Bastelwelt, our host this month for Art Journal Journey.  Hope to see you there, too.