Jackson's Rocketry

One of Jackson's favorite hobbies is building rockets and then shooting them off into the sky with his Daddy. Together they seem to really enjoy themselves seeing how far their rockets can fly.

I took these photos from either our loft balcony (in the rear of our house) or the master bedroom balcony (in the front). Ok, I admit it, I was a wimp and didn't want to go tromping in the snow. Hey, it was cold outside! You can see that we still have snow on the ground, and it snowed over a week ago. The snow is that crunchy crisp snow that feels like mummified bones when you walk on it. And at night it freezes solid.

Preparing the rocket for take-off.
The rocket before it was set-off.
The rocket flew at least 300ft high and more than 500 ft wide. It flew from one side of our 3 acre property to the other side of our house (over 1/2 acre surrounding our house, not counting the pastures) and then it landed in our neighbor's field!.
Jackson was very excited not just about the rocket's distance flown, but also that he was able to find it. They have lost several rockets so far, but they were all colors that blended into either the grass or trees or snow. This time, I assisted by using red marker to color it so it stood out better.
It worked!!!
Jackson & Daddy inspecting their rocket together.