I suppose its good I didn’t know about it.. I probably would have gotten into trouble. Who knew you could buy potassium nitrate (stump remover) at the hardware store, mix it with plain old sugar, and make rocket fuel? So fun! My friend Steve and his son made a half dozen of these this afternoon. It’s simply 3 inches of 1 inch PVC with a hose adapter as a nozzle. The performance was impressive! The sugar is the fuel, and the potassium nitrate is the oxidizer. You can read more about it on Wikipedia: Rocket Candy.
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Anyway, here is one of them being launched today. Sorry, I should have gotten pictures of the process.. but I was too wrapped up in it and forgot to document it.
I scoured some pictures from Kathi’s facebook for safe keeping… (I don’t trust facebook)
Here is a pic of Rockwell on the beach on a really windy day.
And Melinda is on a volleyball team now. She likes it, and is evidently a really good server. Good thing we have volleyball teams at the park district here.
Just an “aww” pic of Rockwell and his friend magic.
Rockwell was in another triathlon recently. I don’t know where he placed, but since he is in the older crowd now, I think he placed in the middle of the pack. Good Job Rockwell!
And Kath was able to take the kids to see sea turtles laying eggs.. wow, that had to be a memorable experience! Look at the size of that thing.
Melinda and Rockwell on mothers day at the beach… Just having a good time playing with friends.
