Scrubbed!

We arrived safely in Fort Pierce on Saturday. Had a great week in Wauchula with Mom and Dad.

We took a day trip to the Myakka River State Park. There we boarded an airboat like this one called the Gator Gal.

The boat was aptly named as the lake is home to over 500 alligators. At the boat launch area, Fred is lord and master. The day was quite warm and Fred was spotted sunning himself on shore.

And members of his "harem" weren't too far away.

We also had some lazy days around the campground where we took time to enjoy some delicious homemade ice cream while sitting on the porch swing

and had a campfire and a weenie roast for lunch

On Friday we drove to the Tampa area where Mom and Dad will spend the rest of their vacation with my Aunt and Uncle. Had a delicious turkey dinner (thanks Aunt Anne) before heading back to Wauchula. By the way, Wauchula is Seminole for vulture meeting place and there were hundreds of them in the area, circling above or resting on tree tops.

You'll recall in my last post I mentioned the shuttle Endeavour was scheduled to lift off on 7 Feb. Well, Fort Pierce is only a 1 and 1/2 hour drive from the Cape. Jim and I set our alarm for 1:45 a.m. and drove to Titusville (located directly across from the Cape's launch site) to meet up with our new friends from Mississippi and watch the launch, which was scheduled for 4:39 a.m. At 4:32 a.m. the launch was scrubbed! The cloud cover was above acceptable levels.

What a disappointment! And to make matters worse, there were so many folks there to see the launch that our 1 and 1/2 hour journey took three hours to return back to the RV! It took over an hour just to get out of Titusville! It's been rescheduled for Monday morning at 4:14 a.m.. Jim and I have yet to decide if we are going to make the journey again. Pictured below are the shuttle watchers.

See ya next week.