I did not take the photo (I am pretty sure a photographer for the Austin American-Statesman took it and it has been shared a gazillion times on FaceBook), but what I ACTUALLY SAW was much better than any of the photos I have seen. I had an early (7 o'clock) meeting this morning, (which means that I have been up since 3:30 or so) and at about 7:40 this morning we walked outside to see if we could see the Shuttle go past. We were meeting at a private home in Travis Heights, and we were not out there three minutes before THERE IT IS, bigger than Dallas. even though we were about three or four miles away from the Shuttle, it looked HUGE and it was great to see it.Many of us were reminded of more than a decade ago when the Shuttle landed one evening in Florida and it happened to go over Austin on the way. It was INCREDIBLE, it was beautiful and magnificent seeing that in the dark. No sooner did we see it go past and walked back into the house and turned on the television, than we saw news reports of the landing in Florida. Incredible.
Kind of sad that the program has ended. What will they think of next?
Deeds, Actions, Changes, SHUTTLE, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!
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