Another 3-2-1 Blast Off

After our service appointment in Lakeland we decided to go on East and chase a launch! RocketBoy was in town and we were able to catch up with him for breakfast one morning before the launch. It was so good to see him, though he is working way too much...breakfast was a treat as I had a flattened out bagel type thing called a bialy with cream cheese smeared on it and topped with tomatoes and avocados. It was supremely yummy! If you are in the Cocoa Beach area the Juice N Java Café, while not cheap was tasty!

The launch was delayed for weather before finally lifting off with a most beautiful blue sky backdrop. Gorgeous is what is was. Always amazing seeing those things go up!

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Rocket Boy paddles out!

It was wonderful as always to be able to have Rocket Boy join us for dinner. What was really cool this time is that he was able to get out on the paddle board. MiRV has wanted him to be able to try it out and he finally did.

We always enjoy seeing him and feel honored when we get to have some of his time, after all, he is here to launch rockets and such! To success Falcon 9!

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Rocket Launch

There was another launch last week. Since we had the RV in for service we stayed in the area instead of heading on up towards the Cape to see it. We still got a wonderfully spectacular view when it lifted off!

There should be another one soon. In fact, we thought it was going to happen yesterday but there was a scrub. We hope it doesn't go until after Mr&Mrs Bud are here but as of right now it is scheduled for a bit earlier than their arrival on Friday. Oh did you miss that? Yep, they are coming for a visit! WOOHOO!

Rocket Launch!

It was picture perfect! 

The customer was happy, happy, happy and so gracious. It is always neat to be with those who are so vested in the launch. This was more of an exception though as the Thiacom CEO was such a gracious woman who was truly thankful and spoke so eloquently about the challenges of making it happen.

Thank you again to Rocket Boy who hooked us up with VIP passes again where we enjoyed a great view with nice amenities! Fun evening!!! And made even better we got to see him one more time before he headed back to the West coast. Looking forward to seeing him in February for another yet another launch!

To continued success Space X!!

Falcon 9 Launch (and more)

Today we were blessed to be able to view the launch up close and personal due to the fact that Three Doors Down is in the area for the launch!  Way cool!!! Course this was the "third time's a charm" launch and we actually ended up on the Cape side a little closer on the ITL causeway then the two times before when we were on the Kennedy side; it was all good! 

However, before we even knew for sure that the launch was on we were up early to catch the sunrise over the Atlantic this morning. Little cloudy but beautiful nonetheless!!! First time since we've been here we've gotten up to do this! We sort of enjoy sleeping in!

Sunrise 3 DEC 2013

After the sunrise and breakfast at the club (FREE) and seeing how nice a day it was going to be we decided to head to the beach. I enjoyed some quality suntime as well as book reading time and MiRV got great waves. He probably had his best surfing day to date, catching over 20 waves! It was a fantastic beach day!!!

  One of the M A N Y waves caught today!!

Once we had the good word that the launch was on we headed to the pick up point for the ride out to the Cape. The ride out brought back many fond memories of our time here and we even ran into a former mate while at the launch!
 

 Kennedy Space Center! (from out first trip attempt)

  We got swag (again, on the first attempt)

This was a launch to allow satellite communications for TV broadcasting. It was also a very big deal to get this rocket off the ground. TO SUCCESS for the hard working SpaceX team it was amazing!

Since we are so familiar with launching of rockets and shuttles we were not surprised that this thing did not go on the first attempt, it didn't even go the second time (on Thanksgiving day no less) so as I mentioned "third time IS a charm" and off she went! It was incredible to be so close we saw and felt it! It was such a clear sky we saw the separation too, which was awesome. It's neat to be able to see things like this, THANKS Three Doors Down!! Glad we were able to continue to chase the launch and be there! You and your team rock!
 
Oh and as a bonus there was a rockin' sunset! 

What a great FULL day for us!!!


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Atlas V Launch

Blast off success for the Atlas V!!

It was so neat to see the latest local launch today!! Weather was a little cloudy so the view was short but it was still just incredible and then to feel it rumbling in your chest, nothing like it!!

Brings back memories of all the launches we attended at all hours of the day and night during our tenure at Patrick AFB! Only thing missing was our great friends Three Doors Down...really missed having our own RocketBoy giving us our personal insider info!!

Just another awesome day on the SpaceCoast!!