Rants and Chants

On Thursday, September 29, my family lost our Canon SD-550 camera, most likely at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

I am not concerned with the camera, but I want the photos. I would be willing to accept just getting the memory card back with the photos on it.

This is a scan of the box that the camera came in:

Box for the Canon SD-500 we lost.

Based on pictures from a second camera, cell phone records, and gift store receipts, we know that this is the approximate schedule and location where we lost the camera:

4:00 PM – We finished touring the Early Space Exploration exhibit and walked back to the central plaza behind the Information Central building.
4:00 – 4:10 PM Our sons took a couple of photos of us in the central plaza with the NASA logo sign behind us.
4:10 PM – We went to the Guest Services desk inside the Information Central building, where they gave our sons two small bags of souvenirs, since it was our sons’ birthdays.
4:15 PM – We took photos with the Space Person across from the Guest Services desk inside the Information Central building.

We then walked to the Space Shop for 20-30 minutes of shopping, and from there back through Information Central to the exit.

On our way out, we went around the right (west) side of the flagpole. We walked to our rented silver Hyundai from Alamo, parked near the Wally Shirra (parking area 5) sign in the parking lot.

The photos in the central plaza and with the Space Person were the last photos we took with the Canon SD-550. It is most likely that we then lost the camera in either the Information Central building, the plaza between Information Central and the Gift Shop, on our way to the exit, or from the exit to the Wally Shirra parking area. We don’t recall using the restrooms, but if there were restrooms along that route, who knows?

I am sure Security at Kennedy Space Center could spot us on their tapes and track our movements, maybe even spotting the moment and place when we lost the camera. I was wearing a black bowling shirt and white shorts. My older son was wearing a yellow T-shirt and beige shorts. My younger son was wearing a blue polo-style shirt and denim shorts.

We did also stop at the Publix Super Market at Xentury City Center in Kissimmee, but we doubt that the camera was lost there. Still, we would appreciate anyone there looking for it, both in the store and in the parking lot.

We also called Alamo car rental at Walt Disney World. They assure us that they searched the car and did not find it — but, again, who know where it could have slipped down into and been overlooked?

If you visit or work at the Kennedy Space Center, the Publix in Kissimmee, or the Walt Disney World Alamo rental, please keep your eyes open for our camera. We are still holding out hope that it will, one day, be found and returned to us. If you find it, please use the contact form on this site to reach me.