Shuttle No-go

We took a chance and went up to Mulholland to try and see the shuttle fly-by. I wanted to avoid the crowds and give the dogs someplace to run around, so I picked up Roz and we headed out.

Here's the tiny Flickr set

...unfortunately, the routes taken by the shuttle were such that it was only visible there for about two seconds as it flew along the coast. We missed even that by minutes. Stil, it was great to be around a small crowd of shuttle-enthusiasts also hoping that Endeavour would swing through the Valley.

I wasn't that disappointed, though: we knew we were taking a chance going there. I feel bad for the people at Huntington Pier: this -was- a scheduled fly-by and they got skipped. This had my original plan: go to the dog-beach and watch the flyby. I would have been MUCH more disappointed if I drove down there, paid for parking and did not see the shuttle.

The reason I wasn't as let-down as I might have been is that we did get some decent dog-frisbee time in. There's nothing like doing something with a happy dog to give you some perspective.



It's a good thing R0ndo isn't 800 feet tall: he would gladly have fetched the shuttle back for Valley-folk to see!

Shuttle No-go

We took a chance and went up to Mulholland to try and see the shuttle fly-by. I wanted to avoid the crowds and give the dogs someplace to run around, so I picked up Roz and we headed out.

Here's the tiny Flickr set

...unfortunately, the routes taken by the shuttle were such that it was only visible there for about two seconds as it flew along the coast. We missed even that by minutes. Stil, it was great to be around a small crowd of shuttle-enthusiasts also hoping that Endeavour would swing through the Valley.

I wasn't that disappointed, though: we knew we were taking a chance going there. I feel bad for the people at Huntington Pier: this -was- a scheduled fly-by and they got skipped. This had my original plan: go to the dog-beach and watch the flyby. I would have been MUCH more disappointed if I drove down there, paid for parking and did not see the shuttle.

The reason I wasn't as let-down as I might have been is that we did get some decent dog-frisbee time in. There's nothing like doing something with a happy dog to give you some perspective.



It's a good thing R0ndo isn't 800 feet tall: he would gladly have fetched the shuttle back for Valley-folk to see!

Shuttle No-go

We took a chance and went up to Mulholland to try and see the shuttle fly-by. I wanted to avoid the crowds and give the dogs someplace to run around, so I picked up Roz and we headed out.

Here's the tiny Flickr set

...unfortunately, the routes taken by the shuttle were such that it was only visible there for about two seconds as it flew along the coast. We missed even that by minutes. Stil, it was great to be around a small crowd of shuttle-enthusiasts also hoping that Endeavour would swing through the Valley.

I wasn't that disappointed, though: we knew we were taking a chance going there. I feel bad for the people at Huntington Pier: this -was- a scheduled fly-by and they got skipped. This had my original plan: go to the dog-beach and watch the flyby. I would have been MUCH more disappointed if I drove down there, paid for parking and did not see the shuttle.

The reason I wasn't as let-down as I might have been is that we did get some decent dog-frisbee time in. There's nothing like doing something with a happy dog to give you some perspective.



It's a good thing R0ndo isn't 800 feet tall: he would gladly have fetched the shuttle back for Valley-folk to see!