Special Update

Sunday Night, March 15, 2009, St Pete Yacht Club

This is a special update. Carole and I along with several thousand of our closest friends in St Pete, many who were not speaking English, gathered at the edge of the bay to watch the launch of the space shuttle. As the crow flies, it is about 130 miles to the Kennedy Space Center. There was a little haze and cloud cover on the horizon so it was about 20 seconds into the launch before we could see it. We were able to see the separation of the booster rockets and watched it for several more minutes as it turned in to a star on the horizon. It was quite a site to behold. One of these days, I want to be anchored in the ICW feel the roar of the engines.