History was made......

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Well, Mom and Dad got their wish to see the Discovery Space Shuttle launch.  We got to cousin Karl and Michele's house about 11:30 am, because we were warned about the traffic - and boy oh boy, was there ever a lot of traffic!



This is a picture of the crowd in front of cousin Karl and Michele's
house - you can kinda see their house behind the trees - Mom and
Dad are at the end of this dock taking pictures.




Mom said the title of this one is "Pre-Launch Jitters"

 Anyway, we hung out with other cousins and friends until the launch time, then Dad put me in the back yard with Riley and we played by the pool.  The launch was delayed a few minutes because of a computer glitch, but when it took off it really took off!  Dad said it went up a lot faster that he thought it would.  Mom was taking pictures as fast as she could and Dad got some really good video.  Mom was disappointed in her pictures because we were so far away (about 7 miles), but Dad's video looked pretty good on the replay.  Mom said she will post some of Dad's pictures as soon as she can figure out how to get them down loaded (she is still figuring out the software).

After the launch, cousin Karl and Michele invited us for hamburgers and hot dogs.  I didn't get any because Dad has restricted my diet - we won't go into the details - but it has something to do with bowel movements.......  After Mom and Dad ate, we left to go back home and the traffic was horrendous!  It took us 45 minutes to go10 miles!

Here are some of the pictures Mom took, but Mom said she will post some of Dad's stuff just as soon as she can...



Ignition........



......and lift off!

Up, up and away!



Cousin Karl, Michele and
others at the end of the
dock watching history
being made



Contrail.....

Me and Riley by the pool.

We want to thank cousin Karl and Michele again for their wonderful hospitality.  It was an afternoon that will last us a lifetime.......THANK-YOU MICHELE AND KARL!