The Journey to Alabama: Huntsville, and the Space and Rocket Center

First we drive from Vogel State Park in Georgia to Huntsville, Alabama. There we visit the Space and Rocket Center, taste some great craft beer, some delicious craft pizza, and make new friends. Also explore Monte Sano State Park.
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[@debtansey89]

Born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Thank you for your video.

[@yodawg3469]

How often do you all get the big black funnel of death?

[@janemartin1666]

Cause I am free...in my RV...love your music...thanks for doing the driving for me...to places I would never see...

[@user-tb7rn1il3q]

jane martin I really love the music as well. I was able to download on iTunes.

[@irdiverdan]

"These are not the droids I was looking for"...and "it's amazing what you learn when you actually read"...Priceless..

[@suzyparish]

Chet and I were proud to have you visit Huntsville. Thanks for hanging out with us for pizza. It was a pleasure interviewing you for my blog. Safe travels!

[@TravelingRobert]

I was great to meet you. See you on the road!

[@CarlasLovingWife]

Wish we could have heard more about your book.

[@lauriej4597]

Hi Robert. The scenery is gorgeous. Love the mountains. Thank you for the thorough tour of the Space Center in Huntsville. It's very educational. Incidentally, when you do some cooking in Minitini I like how you play the "cooking music". Nice touch.

[@TravelingRobert]

Thank you! Yes, I decided to make that my "cooking music"

[@YungFryhole]

Scottsboro is my hometown. Cool to see that the first place you slept in Alabama was our Walmart parking lot. Such a familiar sight.

[@LuckyDawgProductions]

Loved seeing all the rockets. Makes me miss watching all the Space Shuttles launch! Looked kinda chilly there. Thanks Robert another great video.

[@giosarres3167]

Awesome video Robert. We are going down there in spring brake

[@debbiewerner7124]

So cool. Have to share this one with my son. Loves all the space and rocket stuff. ❤

[@my2cyl]

I loved this video, Alabama is definitely on my bucket list especially the space museum, again thank you !

[@TravelingRobert]

Thank you!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

hoy vamos para esta area. SALUDOS mi hermano.

[@marycary9582]

Hi Robert...Love, love, love your videos! Especially Arizona and the Western USA...enjoy the music also. I find myself humming your theme song alot! Lol...

[@Hefmier]

Fascinating!! I hope to visit the Rocket Center, later this year!!

[@GuitarMan.]

Great video. To answer your question, some window A/C's also have heaters.

[@TravelingRobert]

I see. Hadn't thought of that.

[@user-tb7rn1il3q]

Larry Co It might be a heat pump. AC in reverse.

[@copterzgame3434]

Thanks for the videos. They help me relax.

[@busdriver8610]

i really like your viedos,keep up the work!

[@m1ster_h597]

I live here in Huntsville and yes it really doesn't get busy till summer when there are many extra exhibits and space camp. I'm glad that there are still people that come to Huntsville though!!! The city is progressing towards being the biggest in Alabama with much more things to look at, go to, and experience! Come back soon!

[@TravelingRobert]

Lovely city. I will be back

[@escarface]

8:53 is so funny. "Dont call me a chicken" I thought the same thing. I probably wouldn't stay there either since everyone left. This is better than watching TV.

[@GimpyCamper]

Hello my friend! We are here staying at the RV Park at the Space Center for the next week, We really enjoyed our time so far. Still hadn’t made it to Vogel though but it’s on my to do list!

[@rogerchouinard3180]

Amazing documentary of Space Center! Great views and narration! Good beers and pizza! Thank you Robert for all the work you done to make and share this video!

[@creativehearts7127]

Awesome,awesome,Awesome....love the Huntsville space center tour..!

[@TravelingRobert]

Me too. I was pleasantly surprised

[@paulhaas4299]

We camped there this summer. The Space Campers were shooting of small rockets most days. The surrounding trees were littered with there space junk. Very cool. Well worth the trip.

[@kend3900]

Another awesome video Sunday morning with a traveling Robert video and a cup of coffee is a great way to start the day

[@drevoborod8613]

Beautiful nature in this part of the country! Really liked it, thank you very much for these views! And, of course, a museum is very interesting! I even started to wish to visit it someday.

[@BranchwaterJack]

When you were looking at the planetarium, that little white dome you zoomed in on was the cover for one of their telescopes. That telescope was originally used to help find landing spots on the moon during the Apollo program. Inside the planetarium, which was built by a lot of the engineers and scientists from the Apollo program, including von Braun, the dome of the planetarium was a recycled part of a unused fuel tank from a rocket. Great video, and happy travels.

[@maggiemay97]

I loved this video. I’m so glad you spent so much time at the rocket center. My father was an electrical engineer and worked on the plans for the electrical systems for the ground stations for the Mercury Project way back in the 1950’s. By the way, there are many kinds of gloves for using the phone. Just google touchscreen gloves or texting gloves.

[@camperab]

Thank you very much for this interesting video, esp. the visit to the rocket center. Memories of my childhood came back when we youngsters dreamed of traveling to outer space. But as you show, traveling our planet is worth it, too! Greetings from Germany.

[@AlliChuckAdventures]

We too love the mountains!

[@creativehearts7127]

Love the fact you took time to see the space center,a fab subject of mine...

[@foreverfixin]

My uncle worked on the space shuttle at Arnold Air Force Base it's probably about 80 miles from Huntsville in Tullahoma Tennessee and Manchester he worked on various other aircraft for our military he was hand electrical engineer of the wind tunnel there's some stuff he worked on he still can't talk about he is retired now

[@jarednolen3654]

I wanted to thank you for the videos. I stumbled across your video on amazon fire stick and this rocket city video is my kids favorite. Thanks for the great videos.

[@TravelingRobert]

Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it

[@matt76cj]

Very impressed that you correctly pronounced Werner Von Braun's name! Most people think it is pronounced brawn not brown! It's pronounced like the color, not the paper towel brand!

[@terrywhalen3555]

It was fun to see you coming up 64 and into Cleveland TN. Know it well our daughter family live there for 10 years. and Went thought to Alabama many time. Enjoy the ride.

[@TravelingRobert]

Thank you!

[@heddingmyway5442]

Thanks for the awesome video! We have not made it to the Rocket Museum yet. It is on our list. I was unaware of those breweries and the pizza place, which are now on the list. We absolutely love Monte Sano. We took my Mom to that scenic overlook, which was one of the last places she saw before she passed. She loved the view and knew all about the flowers in the park. You may want to camp at Lake Guntersville State Park, which is about an hour from Monte Sano south on Rt. 431. There are deer everywhere in the campground at Lake Guntersville State Park. You may want to get a "packable down" jacket per my wife that will fold up into a small bag. There is also Noccalula Falls State Park in Gadsden, AL.

[@johnskipper7060]

Great video of the rocket center.I never got to go there when I was living in Alabama.Thank you!Hope to see your next video soon.

[@sunkenworlds8024]

If you are in HH and near Huntsville, Yellowhammer Brewery is a great place to park and have pizza, and if you need service, Bankston is an awesome dealer nearby. ♥️

[@TravelingRobert]

I'll be going this fall if all goes as planned

[@SocratesWS]

Howdy Robert,many thanks for sharing yet another superb video here which I watched with great pleasure and rapt attention as usual when emanating from the "Morales Factory"(lol).You sure made my Sunday pal.Best wishes and cordial greetings from William in Bruges,Belgium,Europe

[@christinestange4813]

Glad you moved to Walmart. That swampy place made me nervous too! The Space Museum was phenomenal .....SO much to see and do! You captured so much. Another great video! 🚀 🌙

[@bamagrl26]

Robert the next time you are in Rocket City I would love to take you down to Montgomery, Alabama the Home of the Civil Rights Movement. I'm born and raised in Montgomery, but living in Madison. You have shown me things I haven't seen since I've been back living in Alabama. Glad you enjoyed the Rocket City!!!

[@davidoverman785]

Helen GA here I lived in blairsville young harris and hiwassee i was born an raised over the line in hayesville nc about 2 miles from Bell mountain

[@edinelsonramirez5656]

"Why do you like mountains?" Mountains will take you up, if you want to go up! .....they also have valleys & rivers, and I love that! * Snug fitting gloves for using keyboard will not provide much warmth. The "baggier" clothes items are, including gloves, the warmer they tend to be. Mittens are for max warmth!!!

[@TravelingRobert]

Love the mountains and the desert

[@lemuelcasillas7572]

Robert. Look up SR-71, it had a long career for the Air Force. Love your videos, we live vicariously through your travels.

[@johnd5398]

Better yet - Visit the Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ and you can see and touch a real one.

[@ceciliapetrowsky2572]

Thank you for this wonderful video Robert. We were at the Space Center in September and there were a lot more people there. Can’t believe how dead it was on your visit. You filmed so many things that we didn’t see because you need a lot of hours and we got there late. Thanks for showing us what we missed! We also stayed at Monte Sano and liked it! We were happy when you discovered the cool overlook. Wish you had seen the cool Japanese garden. There was a trail right next to the check in building.

[@ericalorraine]

Love from Huntsville my hometown💕

[@TravelingRobert]

Nice town

[@sandral5209]

New to your channel, just today! Saw you on Sheldon's travels. Look forward to checking out ALL your videos. Thanks, Sandy from Wisconsin

[@TravelingRobert]

Thank you! I will be featuring Sheldon's on tomorrow video

[@williamirizarry2490]

LOVED THE CONTENT.

[@southerncaliforniabailbond4688]

Robert, at 36:12 you forgot to say Goooooood morning. Keep up the great videos.

[@TravelingRobert]

😴😴😴

[@bladegrl3]

Went there in Oct 2018 - lovely place! I think we camped in the same spot 😁

[@explor794]

Had no idea they have mock up of the ISS, on my bucket list now.

[@SARISS80]

Beautiful, that ending hilarious.

[@fatdude8716]

Robert, the area on the left side of the road, where you list "Ocoee River Gorge" is where the Summer 1998 Olympic Games were held.

[@fatdude8716]

Whoops...1996 games.

[@TravelingRobert]

Cool, didn't know that

[@UPtrainguy76]

Great video, Robert. You were very close to our home in Ocoee, Tennessee. Beautiful country. We love it here, but like you we travel in our RV as well. Safe travels!

[@TravelingRobert]

Thank you. Can't wait to visit again

[@jimmybee7966]

Don't feel bad about how many people were at the rocket center. It is Alabama's most visited tourist attraction, drawing over 657 thousand people last year, according to its website. You just caught it on a rare, slow day. :-)

[@redred6169]

Love your videos Robert . Hope to find my toy hauler in spring.

[@TravelingRobert]

Thanks!

[@ZyZy456]

All the schools in Huntsville like Columbia, Challenger,Discovery Ed White,Jemison and every other school is named after either a Rocket or an Astronaut and no one was there because Everyone one in Huntsville has been there at least 5 times.

[@Gly2012]

Yellowhammer Brewery is a Harvest Host! Stayed there last fall and it was a fantastic place to overnight!

[@marcoscustodio6255]

Another great video, so good to watch it. Safe trip, take care.

[@TravelingRobert]

Thank you!

[@rebecahernandez7090]

Loved this video!

[@luciovidaurriiii9314]

Thanks Robert that was a great video as usual!

[@boricio74]

Awesome video!

[@yeseniaelena8709]

I luve in alabama 2 hours away from the space and rocket center and in 2 months imma go there on a field trip

[@TravelingRobert]

Really cool place

[@BikesBoatsBivouacs]

Might have to add Alabama as a destination on a trip. Never thought about it before.

[@TravelingRobert]

Me neither, until I visited

[@rockytop5654]

Thanks Robert especially enjoyed the space station. I am headed out now to explore. If you ever go to Kansas City you got to see the Arabia steamboat Museum.

[@markdrennen6888]

Hey Robert, if you look for it you can find waffle and pancake mix where you just have to add water, it has everything else in it. I find it is so much quicker.

[@robbar42]

waaaaaay beautiful

[@TheKGB]

I stayed at the campgrounds there at the rocket center back in Oct for a week...nice campgrounds...TONS of little ants made their way inside causing a not fun time ... but after getting some raid it was good....even for oct it was 95 degrees and 70+ humidity...that week was not fun at all....

[@raisingyourpetsnaturally]

Loved this! Alabama is naked on our map. :) Dexter and I need to fill it in.

[@yvesfleche1782]

un coucou de France tout mes vœux robert et merci pour le film super 👍

[@AskRemy]

Robert - you set out to make videos for entertainment value. Turns out your videos are impacting peoples lives in ways you could have never contemplated. Many times I told you just in my life alone how much your videos, your music, you - have helped me cope and even recharge if you will. You keep reading and hearing from us what you have done. But we never hear what this does to you. Maybe on your next live chat, or throw some time into your videos addressing this - tell us - besides this channel existing which is obvious - how does this impact your life. What do you feel or think when you see us telling you how much you mean to us. These are not just videos and not just music - through these things you are helping many people I am very sure, even if they don't tell you.

[@dtown2816]

Robert, you should keep a Uniqlo Ultra Light Down Jacket, or something like it, in Minitini for times like these. AND your hiking boots because you always seem to forget them lol.

[@caingraves]

Love Huntsville! However, i found myself in the wrong part of town and it took me a longtime to get out. In that process, two men attempted to pull me out of my vehicle and they made away with a bag out of my back seat...

[@bennyrussell5551]

It's a shame how many residents here in Alabama have never been to the Rocket Center.

[@TravelingRobert]

Rocket Center was great!

[@romanc4708]

Hi Robert, you need to get some Weather tech mud flaps. The front of my camper was always getting covered with dirt and they reduced it quite a lot!

[@josevalmorescodog1143]

i so love your vlog robert. i found your channel during the lockdown in the philippines. traveling by driving is #1 in my bucketlist. But let me ask you a question I hope you dont mind. The pleasure of your experience is best enjoyed when you share the pleasure with some one. I cant imagine driving myself around US all by myself.

[@cherylyoung979]

You love the Mountains because you grew up by the sea. I think it's just very different.

[@rudfil]

btw Robert you have good taste in coffee because I love making my own espresso or cappuccino with that same little Bialetti ..mmmm... That 'Amish' chair is a Muskoka chair and a Adirondack chair too..lol..

[@bennotthere1598]

Great video again. Love watching your video’s. Love watching your beautifull country. You are wondering about the many leaves on the ground. In our Dutch climate in Europe it is quite normal in fall to have it like this. Greatings from The Netherlands.

[@TravelingRobert]

I don't think I had ever been north of Florida this specific time of the year... or maybe I hadn't noticed before

[@robertpolito6139]

Red Rock is the part of the space center.

[@abidou1999]

Great video!Nice place to visite.

[@jrokone53]

the brewery was the old stone jr high back in the 60 the old butler high

[@carmas54]

You need to go to the Kennedy space center museum you’ll see a real space shuttle... and where just there!

[@willisme532]

The planetarium is small but that's because it was built durring the space race.

[@mahimahiaddictioncesargonz5445]

Que Bello la Naturaleza. #CaribbeanCamper

[@slolane598]

My grandson and I went to the Space and Rocket Center in October. Very cool place! Did you find the moon rock???

[@petermavus4131]

Columbia makes a good coat interchangeable vest fleece and waterproof wind breaker in one! Go pro served as a good security And I notice you very rarely wear a hat get at least a Chevylogo one in cab for those unexpected rains ...just some friendly advice..sunscreen?even in winter especially face for those sunny day hikes..enjoyed the vid and ride along Robert

[@carmas54]

You love mountains because Cuba 🇨🇺 has mountains:-)

[@paulob5153]

Seems colder the I would have thought of do risk the water in your rv freezing ?

[@TravelingRobert]

I have, but all my plumbing is inside, and I have a sealed underbelly. I've gone down into the teen overnight.

[@JERSEYGIRLADVENTURES]

Loved loved loved this video!!! I'm obsessed with anything space. Quick question. Sometimes your microphone sounds like you're very far away when you are talking from locations? Any reason why?

[@TravelingRobert]

Probably not the best microphone

[@rambalram2610]

That rocket engine - a.k.a cryogenic engine ... only fewer countries have been able to develop that. It uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen (or some alternative) as fuel... Now to liquify Oxygen which we normally breath in air is an another ball game altogether !!

[@jfarris30022]

You missed the moon rock

[@aprioriaposteriori3676]

Good as always :)! Love your vids. I wonder though, how does the progress go regarding getting a camera like the one you had before? I really miss the epic quality you had when you offered the 4k view.

[@TravelingRobert]

It should all be 4K except for the roof camera. Still haven't replaced that one.

[@aprioriaposteriori3676]

@@TravelingRobert Yes, that is what I partially meant, sorry. Loved when we where cruising the landscape with that. Anyhow, great channel. Thanks!

[@aprioriaposteriori3676]

Hm.. reading about it and it perhaps is the firefox browser that has problem. I can't choose 4k on your vids anymore.. I thought it was your camera crash behind it lol but maybe not. Anyone else having the problem? Looking forward to epic roof camera :D edit; can't choose 4k in internet explorer neither...?

[@TravelingRobert]

@@aprioriaposteriori3676 Haven't found a compact weather proof 4K camera that will record for hours without overheating....not yet

[@aprioriaposteriori3676]

@@TravelingRobert I found a solution to my other problem regarding not being able to switch your shows to 4k anymore. This did the trick (for anyone with the same problem); www.kitguru.net/gaming/damien-cox/some-firefox-users-cant-watch-4k-videos-on-youtube/ Sorry for bother you with this Robert, but it made me dig into the non-camera part of the problem. Apparently my browser somehow had turned off the ability and perhaps with this post someone else can be helped if they have the same problem. Thanks again for a great show!

[@killa_duck0336]

Will you be in quartzsite this week?

[@TravelingRobert]

I'll be there on Saturday

[@killa_duck0336]

@@TravelingRobert awesome me too! Hope to see you their

[@killa_duck0336]

It's nice out we are at plomosa rd blm

[@miguelargumedo7471]

Hola Robert, excelente video como siempre También excelente narración Solo una pregunta. ¿Cuál era el consumo de la otra camioneta? Acabo de ver la parte donde dices que tiene un consumo de 13 mpg

[@TravelingRobert]

La otra consumia 10mpg como promedio

[@TheLipardi]

What fancy new camera have you picked up?

[@TravelingRobert]

Same Sony FDR AX53 I've had for about a year

[@GSWarriorsFan301]

44:02 oof

[@danphan1894]

your travel vehicle only 13 mpg, my civic 2019 turbo up to 46 mpg,...

[@TravelingRobert]

Comparing a truck towing 4000 pounds with a light sedan is apples and oranges.

[@mprador09]

😂😂 Brandon!

[@Marcs-Adventures]

Krystal Burger @9:55!

[@Heavy_Kev]

It's Ahhhmish...lol

[@TravelingRobert]

Oh, thanks

[@thegermantravellady-heiker6263]

Robert, ist that a nee Song you are using.

[@TravelingRobert]

There are a couple of new songs I did for the northeast trip. Probably one of them

[@sharpguesser]

Running low on IPA is dangerous!

[@TravelingRobert]

LOL