We made our third attempt to see a rocket launch this morning. On our ride out of the campground, we found juvenile White Ibis'.
We were on the road at 8:30 am, thinking it would be busier at the seashore on a weekend. And we thought right. The first parking lot filled up about 5 minutes after we parked.
We had a nice, stroll, along the beach for almost 2 hours. I think we did as much people watching, as we did bird watching.
There were lots of surfers on the rough seas today. We kept hearing them talk about how tough of a day it was for them to surf. There were more butt busting than surfing.
There were also a lot of people fishing. A few of them caught fish.
We sat in our chairs in the back of the truck, and waited for the 11:21 a.m. launch. 11:21 a.m. came, and nothing happened. I checked on the Facebook page and the post had a time change to 11:31 a.m. 11:31 a.m. came around, and it was on!!
The Final Countdown 🎵🎵🎵🎵🙋, happened today!! Whoop Whoop!
It was so great to watch the rocket head up in the atmosphere with its fire ball tail. When it got right over our heads, we could hear the mighty roar of the engine. We were so glad, we were persistent to witness the SpaceX fifteenth Starlink mission. Falcon 9 lift off was well worth our efforts. As the saying goes, third time was a charm.
After we left, we made a ride through downtown Titusville to make a Walmart run. When we saw how busy the parking lot was, we changed our mind and went to the Dollar Store.
Late afternoon, we were walking back to camp after going to the dumpster and heard a Barred Owl calling. We have heard him several times this week. I went on a quest to find the owl without a camera. Lauren told me that I would not find it.. Not only did I find it, I went back to camp, got my camera and Lauren. He posed really nice for us, watching us with those wise eyes.
This wraps up our last day of Road Trippin October 2020 - Space Coast, Florida. Tomorrow, we are heading West.
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