BLAST OFF!!!

Dave and I both woke up well before the alarm this am, excited about the launch. The skies looked dreary and we left the campsite about 7, expecting to go over to Port Canaveral and hear that the launch had been scrubbed. We figured we'd go out for a nice breakfast and be back by 9. But patches of blue began to sprinkle the sky by 9 and we were out in the bay with only partly cloudy skies by 10:30.

Going out along the causeway we saw thousands of people who had camped out in the rain, however there were still random parking places at 7:45. After checking in on the boat, we did walk down to the 1 restaurant open for breakfast.
The wind that parted the clouds also provided those of us on fishing boats with a wild rollercoaster ride! The bay was VERY CHOPPY. We were on the bow of the boat so we caught all of the sea spray and waves.

As I write this in space traffic, I still have wet panties 2 hr later! Sharon, my sister called right as we were dropping anchor. And though we lost cell phone coverage for a while, we were back on the phone during the blast off. We thought the boat would have a radio with a live feed, but it didn’t and Sharon helped everyone on the boat with the countdown!!

I’m sure those of you who watched it on TV had better views, but WE SAW IT and heard it several seconds later and cherished the vapor trail all the way back into Port Canaveral. It was definitely worth the 2 long drives and all the waves and sea spray! Never underestimate what a 30% chance can provide!
We came back to the camper tired, DIRTY and awestruck!!