A Day In The Life
on Florida’s Space Coast
2005 — Discovery
— dave.
A Day In The Life — Ten minutes on Florida’s Space Coast, including watching, with a young family, seeing its first manned launch (the space shuttle Discovery), its fiery launch and rapid ascent, streaking across the mostly clear blue, Florida sky, away from the Cape, on its way to the International Space Station, orbiting 300 miles above, outside the atmosphere of Earth.
A reminder of my mother (who is present this day), fifty years earlier, taking me, my sister, and my brother into our front yard in Cocoa, to watch Alan Shepard become the first American to see outer space.
On this launch day (2005), you’ll hear Grandma Rose shriek excitedly, before loudly calling out to her young grandson,
“Look at the ball of fire, Josh.
Look at the ball of fire.”
The Inlet
“Surfin’ USA”
b/ The Beach Boy
— dave.
Sebastian Inlet — The dividing line between Brevard and Indian River Counties, and known as one of the finest surf spots, not only in Florida, but the entire east coast of the United States.
• HWY 50 (OUT & BACK)
— dave.
The third to last Shuttle, after being postponed for days, was dramatic, and left a most beautiful after cloud, a most appropriate “tag” for the entire Shuttle program.
Weeki Wachee
GODS & MONSTERS
“Your Future” b/ Bernard Fowler
— “The Road Through Space & Time” b/ Skot Olsen
FOSSIL FUEL
[ GOD / GAS / GUNS ]
Weeki Wachee
TWO SPRINGS
Florida Swimming Holes
— dave.
“From the Beginning”
FOSSIL FUEL
Houses Replace citrus, after a freeze. St John’s Crossing. Crossing I95, Old School east to Titusville/ US1 & HWY50)
VAB
HWY50 — WEEKI WACHEE/VAB SPRING HILL, Sinclair Dinosaur, inland Florida swimming hole, as compared to the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables.
Turpentine, Pines, Plywood and stinky pulp
HWY50
“The Road Through Time And Space”
Enjoy The Ride.
1978
— dave.
Patrick Air Force Base, Picnic Tables, 2nd Light, Touch and Gos, Pineda Causeway shortcut, U2 takeoff, F-16s across the Turnpike, Hawk chasing Eagle, Followed (Targeted) by A-10s. After Pink Floyd, torrential rain at the Tangerine Bowl.
• Daytona Beach (1957) Thunderbirds Intro
HWY50
THE SPACE COAST
Cape Canaveral/ Cocoa Beach/ Merritt Island/ Indian River
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