March-ing On.....

 

We went to Port Isabel to watch the S10 rocket 

take off from Boca Chica across the bay. We left home

around 8:30 a.m. The launch time was uncertain.  They

started fueling and said the launch would be at 2:30,

but that was aborted.  So...we left and Bob got a haircut

in Port Isabel. Then we went to Pelican station to eat at

about 3:00. The waitress told us they thought there

would be another attempt at 4:30, so after we ate, 

we went back to our parking spot.

S10 at Boca Chica

March 3, 2021 takeoff!

Up, Up...

and

away....the black spots are birds...you don't hear

the sound of takeoff until about 20 seconds later.

I think the birds freaked out when they heard it!

follow the progress

between the wires

almost lost in the clouds

starting to turn

around

turning

coming down 

for what we thought was

a perfect landing....so we started to drive home

and missed the explosion afterwards!

Alfonso painted this from our farm photo

Playing pickleball on Monday, March 8th

Trying to beat the wind headed our way this week.

Can you find the ball?

Trip to the beach on Nancy's birthday, March 24th

The tide was so high that it came right up to the car.

Sea gulls were going crazy....

After the beach, we headed to Dirty Al's to eat!

On the 26th, we headed to Port Isabel 

to see another shuttle launch, but it was scuttled.

So, after getting ice cream at Davey Jones' Locker,

we took the "back trail" home.

The Yuccas were blooming everywhere.

Some were super tall.

The back road led us to San Benito,

home town of Freddy Fender.

Sunday, March 28th road trip 

with Jerry and Wendy and Dennis and Nancy.

First stop...SpaceX to see the S11.

Blastoff is supposed to be today, March 29th.

Jerry drove down Highway 4 to Boca Chica beach

(Matamoros is in Mexico; we are in Texas.

Brownsville is across the bridge from Matamoros.)

to the Rio Grande estuary...to the right of the vehicles

is where the Rio Grande goes into the Gulf of Mexico.

Lighthouse tower and vehicles are in Mexico.

On the way back, we took a side trip

to the Rocket Ranch. Jerry had heard

about this campsite when the last

rocket took off. The announcers were 

on a boat from the Rocket Ranch.

Sign along Highway 4

Entrance to the "ranch"

We stayed in the car.....

Shed building has a shop and bathrooms with showers

The shop...The maintenance man said that we could 

ride in the pontoon boat to watch the rockets blast off.

Jerry checked online when we got back, and the

cost of the ride is $350.00!

After our adventure, we drove up to Port Isabel to eat

at the Pelican Station on the Madre Laguna bay.

I made a new friend while waiting for a table.

We forgot to take a picture on Nancy's birthday,

so we took one here at Pelican Station.

Friends from home arriving on the 31st

The fish at the airport was made

from plastic found in the Laguna Madre and the Gulf

Bob was the tour guide on the way to their condo

We got into the pic with Don and Chloe

They had to see Clayton's, of course

and went to the north end of Padre Boulevard

where we saw a large group horseback riding on the beach.

At the Padre Island Brewery, Bob talked most of them

into trying oysters.

They had an oyster-eating lesson, of course,

and then, "down the hatch".