Shuttle Morning
The Space Shuttle finally departed on its return ferry flight from Edwards AFB to Cape Kennedy at 7:00 this morning. We've been stalking the progress of preparation and weather on the NASA site and through a recorded call-in number that Kelly programmed into her cell phone.
We left here at 6:00 and drove up north on the 14 to Mojave, then went east on 58 (it's not "the 58," just 58; not sure why, but 14 is definitely "the 14").
We found a spot north and west of Edwards and thought we'd have a good view of the departing 747 piggybacking the Shuttle Endeavor.
The dirt trail had no markings dissuading off-roading. Few places do around here and it's a huge pass time.
We got there just as the sun rose over the Dakota.
It was a brisk 31 degrees. See below for those who don't want to take our packing advice while visiting P'dale this winter/spring.
As it turned out, we were about 10 miles too far west. It was the ideal spot to have watched the landing, but they took off to the north and immediately turned east and we barely saw them and I couldn't get the camera to focus enough to get a shot.
But still, we did see it, and more importantly, I got to sit in the magnificent Mojave desert and watch the sun rise with my wife on a perfect, cool, still winter morning.
We left here at 6:00 and drove up north on the 14 to Mojave, then went east on 58 (it's not "the 58," just 58; not sure why, but 14 is definitely "the 14").
We found a spot north and west of Edwards and thought we'd have a good view of the departing 747 piggybacking the Shuttle Endeavor.
The dirt trail had no markings dissuading off-roading. Few places do around here and it's a huge pass time.
We got there just as the sun rose over the Dakota.
It was a brisk 31 degrees. See below for those who don't want to take our packing advice while visiting P'dale this winter/spring.
As it turned out, we were about 10 miles too far west. It was the ideal spot to have watched the landing, but they took off to the north and immediately turned east and we barely saw them and I couldn't get the camera to focus enough to get a shot.
But still, we did see it, and more importantly, I got to sit in the magnificent Mojave desert and watch the sun rise with my wife on a perfect, cool, still winter morning.
It was awesome.
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Cool.
I got to watch the sun rise on a cold, rainy winter morning in my dining room with my husband this morning.
: )
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One thing I really liked about San Francisco was that when it was 60 degrees, all the locals were wearing their winter coats, as was I. I think it's the only place I've ever been where my internal thermostat is set to the same temperature everyone else's is.
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This must have been awesome. It's like the sunrise was the bonus of your trip.
I laughed out loud that 31 was cold. It's all relative, isn't it?
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