We were getting the dinner dishes all cleaned up and heading the kids toward bed. It was that time of the day on Sunday where we all start to fade a bit from a long busy day. I just happened to turn on the TV and noticed that the local news was covering the space shuttle Discovery and it was about to launch. From our house on a clear day we can see the daytime launches pretty good, but this was a later “night time launch” (actually about dusk) so we hoped we would see it better. I grabbed my flip video and yelled for the kids and we watched it sail into space. THIS sight never gets old. I talk to people in my neighborhood that have watched launches from here since the early days of the space program, long before the shuttles and they all agree. It is always an amazing sight to see.
And sadly, besides trick or treating with the kids on Halloween, it is about the only time the neighborhood comes out and even speaks to each other. It is always short, but always a nice visit as we all stare straight into the sky watching a rocket full of very smart, very brave men and women blast into the sky to go make amazing things happen on their mission (and in the end likely make our lives better with what they learn).
This is a great part about living here. I will miss them when they are gone in a few years.
~jeff
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