Wow

Space Shuttle Atlantis

I went to see the space shuttle Atlantis lift off on Friday, June 8th. Man, was it amazing. It was an evening lift-off at 7:38 pm, so it was kind of dusky.

In the picture, we didn't get this close but it IS a picture of Atlantis.

The awesome place that we went to see the shuttle was in Titusville. We were just across the about-two-miles-wide-intracostal from the N.A.S.A. thingymajigy. There were designated parking lots on grass that cost twenty dollars to park there! We parked in one of those. :)

Once we got to a parking place in Titusville, we waited about two or three hours. But boy, was it worth the wait! At about two minutes from liftoff time, everyone was sitting on the tops of their cars.

You could hear multiple radios on about the shuttle and counting down, "10.....9....8....7....6....5....4....3....2....1.... LIFTOFF!!!!!!!!!"

At first, I couldn't see the shuttle. Then, I noticed a glowing thing with smoke all around it rising into the sky. It was like a little arrow of light. Smoke came out from all sides!

Soon in just seconds, it was high in the sky. Then about half a minute later, I was staring, openmouthed at the shuttle that was starting to look like a star in the sky. Then it disapeared, leaving a trail of smoke behind that kind of looked like a tornado. It had all kinds of different colors in it.

After that, I got in a friend's car and tried to get to a Sonny's grill. But the traffic was so heavy it took just about an hour to get there! Finally, I got my meal of Chicken Tenders!!!!! :) I will never, ever forget the launch of the space shuttle, Atlantis.

Another Trip I Took

I went boating out on the sea once. It was incredible! I know, I already had a big article on traveling and water and stuff but still...

When I went out for a cruise thing on a small catamaran (That boat in the picture is definentely not my boat) even before we got out of the little river thingy, we saw the Queen Mary and the Queen Mary 2, the the Queen Mary 2 being SUPER famous!

I think the picture is of the Queen Mary 2. I just saw some more pictures of the inside of that cruiser, and it is very fancy. I don't think I would want to sail on that. Too fancy for me.

The little catamaran that I rode on was good and casual. It had a little bar thingy with free drinks. Mabey some chips. I don't think they had any food though. I had a blast. I want to do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!