Florida (part 1): The Shuttle Launch

The most exciting thing that happened to us over the last few months is that we got an ACTUAL FAMILY VACATION!! Some good friends of ours were sealed in the Orlando temple there after 12 years of trying and it was something I was NOT going to miss!!

We took so many pix and video that I will have to break this up into several posts.

When I was planning the trip I was ecstatic... ECSTATIC!!!!!... to find out that there was a shuttle launch planned. It has always been a life long dream of mine to witness a launch and with the end of the program near, I figured I'd never get the chance. Well, not only did I get to see one, I got to see the
LAST NIGHT LAUNCH EVER!  (Did I mention I was ecstatic?)

We stayed out first night in Melbourne (the closest city we could find a hotel room) and got up at 4 am to witness the launch of Discovery.  We drove about an hour north to Titusville and walked around trying to get a good view. The police however, didn't agree with where many of us had chosen to stand and made everyone clear the street.  Luckily we only had to step back a few feet to the curb and got a better view then before.


It was really great! It light up the night sky and took several minutes before you could hear it. I would love to have shown you the awesome video that we shot, but I was smart enough to DELETE IT!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!!

~ stupid ~ stupid ~ stupid ~ stupid ~ stupid ~ stupid ~ stupid ~ stupid ~ stupid ~  

Instead, we got some pictures of the trail left behind that was pretty cool.
What letters do you see?