It's up!

Today we toured more of St. Augustine and had a great lunch once again. Just walking around can be quite a bit of fun when you consider how much time we have been "Couped Up" on Freedom traveling.
We have to admit, we were surprised how may children were on tour in a tourist trap. Like, would you really want your kids to learn how to by taffy and praleens or would you want them to learn something more constructive (like how to play a video game (ha! sorry)).
The fort was completely swamped by tours so we gave up on that and decided to take another pass at it tomorrow hoping for a lull.

So at 7:54 PM it was dark. Then at 7:55 the sun started to come up again. Ok, we knew it was coming, but that's what it looked like. All the way up here instead of down at the Cape, it looked like the sun was coming up from the wrong angle. Then out of this light a trail of flame becomes obvious and you know the bird is on the way up.
God Bless 'em! Go Baby GO!
It starts to arc across the sky, and we hear a subdued rumble. And then it starts to accelerate. I mean, it starts to accelerate! The distance this thing starts to cover is astounding. And in a blink, it's through the clouds and out of sight.
We hear people all around cheering, and for once, we all feel like one pushing the envelope of humanity.
I wish we were closer.