? SpaceX Launch

 

Waiting in Port Isabelle for a SpaceX Launch.

We left the RV park at 11 this morning (Mon.) and headed toward Port Isabelle.  It looked like a possibility of a SpaceX launch after 1:00.  

We selected a parking lot at Laguna Madre Youth Center in Port Isabelle to try and view the launch.  How did we know it looked like a go?  The live stream Pat was listening to mentioned among other things, the road (Hwy. 4) was closing at noon and airspace cleared, which doesn't necessarily mean anything serious, but at 10:30 they were closing Boca Chica Beach which made it seem more likely. Now we needed to watch for more things like removal of straps on the fins.  Not sure how the weather conditions were from their viewpoint.  The wind had decreased from the earlier 30 mph  but there were still some strong gusts. There are several groups that have cameras trained on the site, chat rooms and live streams.  Having done this for years, at least some of them, they have an idea of protocol and things that indicate an imminent launch.  Appears to be a large number of people really into this!  It's still a guess though and no one knows for sure, other than Elon Musk.

We arrived at noon, ate lunch, and began our wait.  The launch window closed at 6 p.m. so we would should know by 5 if it would be a go.  It takes about an hour from the start to the launch.

The feed announced at 2:00 they just got a message from Mary, one of the few remaining Boca Chica residents, that she received notice that she will not be evacuated today.  For a launch to happen she must be evacuated and with a certain amount of notice.  Maybe tomorrow???

I have Dr. appts. Tues. morning, so maybe I could send Elon a message and ask him to wait until later in the day if they decide to launch, lol!

We should have seen a rocket go up and back down in the distance.

Saw Elon's mother (a model among other things) on CBS news this morning.  An interesting lady who fled an abusive 9-year marriage and did what she needed to raise 3 kids.

We got back to the park in time to grab some dinner from a food truck in our park, fudge from the fudge lady, and still made it to Monday's movie "Simon and Garfunkle's Concert in Central Park" from 1981."

 We went to see Simon and Farfunkle's reunion tour in St. Louis with some good friends.  Pat and I were trying to remember the year.  Maybe around 2000?  This person also gave me a CD of Simon and "Garfunkle's Concert in Central Park" when we left Palmyra.  I literally played that CD until I wore it out!  Brought back some good memories.  "Make new friends, but keep the old; those are silver, these are gold," Joseph Parry.

The sign on our park is for our northern friends!
 85° here today.