Rewarding Early Risers

Vero Beach, FL
No LL

Well, we really did it. We got up at 0417 to see the 0439 rocket launch. I planned on getting up at 0330 but we overslept slightly. Just as well. The sky was clear and the air was crispy cold. The cold would probably discouraged us from rowing to the beach anyhow.

I set up some cushions on the forward deck and set the camera for video and put it on the tripod. Then at 0430 I turned on the local radio station to listen to the countdown. What I heard on the radio was, "Sorry, the launch was scrubbed just a few minutes ago due to weather." Oh no! The weather looks fine to us. Probably weather at one of the emergency landing sites.

So, back to bed. Right? No. Now we're both wide awake so we'll stay up.

24 hours from now we may repeat this scenario.