We had a perfect day traveling yesterday. Sunny and not too warm. It was however, very windy. Up to 30mph at times. Not too much of a problem till we had to dock. Came in a little side ways and really only hit the dock once. No permenent damage. Nice little town of New Smyrna Beach. Caught up with some looper friends and went out for dinner together. Set the alarm for 1:15am and went to bed early.
At 1:15am we got up to watch the rocket launch. We are about 25 miles north of Cape Canaveral and were able to see pretty well from our back deck. We followed along on the Web site spacex.com. They kept us up on what was happening in real time.
Very exciting. Looked like a street light initially that was moving. Once it got higher in the sky it looked more like a rocket. I checked the update this morning. This was a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Japanese satellite called JCSAT 14. It released the satellite into orbit then it came back down and landed upright on a drone ship called "Of course I love you" in the Atlantic. Guess it went well. Fun for us too.
Captain is getting anxious to get on the water. More later.
Yes. It's that little dot that eventually just looked like a star.



Pat and Dick, we continue to travel with you through your blog. Great job Pat, you really say it well. I think you will enjoy St.Augustine. A very old town with lots of charm. Your adventures continue to entertain us! We have had nothing but rain for a week. We will begin our trip next Wednesday. love you guys, Phillis
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