We Have Lift Off

A night time lift off was scheduled for the Endeavor Shuttle and its seven astronauts, so we and Boomer friends, Jim Baker & Diane Baker, wanted to be there to see it in all its glory. We left early in the morning so we could spend the day touring the NASA Kennedy Space Center. And tour we did--for 6 hours we walked, rode buses, viewed and listened to all that NASA had to offer the 4 of us. My goodness but there's a lot to see, this complex in huge.

Finally we all grew weary of touring and retreated to our earlier pre-arranged folding chairs, in perfect view of the 8:55 pm scheduled lift-off.

The ground rumbled, the skies lit up like daylight, and the Endeavor with its cargo soared into space, as the crowds let out a high decibel cheer. Up, up and away, until only a faint glimmer remained. We were thrilled, we where in awe, we were glad we were there.

Of course that was before we tried to drive home, only to caught in a massive traffic jam--hours and hours. We ended up not getting home until way past midnight. Oh well, it was a magnificent sight and day was good.