My girlfriend had never seen a shuttle launch so I planned a quick day trip with her and her best friend to go see space shuttle Atlantis take off this past Friday in Cape Canaveral. We left from Tampa around 7:30am and made it home around midnight. It was a blast and to everyone who hasn't seen a shuttle launch yet, I would encourage you to make the trip before the last launch later this year. Onward to the pictures!
This the VW fully loaded and ready to start the trip
Made it to the Cape around 10:15 and secured our spot as it was already getting filled up. We were pretty bummed because all the spots on the south side of the causeway were already filled up which we thought would offer the best view. So we were on the north side. I set the boat up while the girls went out and found some great BBQ food for brunch.
Picnic time
After brunch we went sailing and found this cool little island to explore. Found about 10 small (3-4") horseshoe crabs which were pretty cool.
After sailing back and forth a bunch of times we decided to head as far East/South as we could before getting too shallow and we would just watch the shuttle from the Hobie. We never ran aground and when we got closer to shore we found a little inlet that opened up to a large bay that was perfect for watching the shuttle go off. We were closer than anyone sitting on the causeway even though we were on the Northside. Pretty awesome spot and we spotted some stingrays and other critters. This is us waiting around when the shuttle was about to go off
