Lompoc Rocket Launch

Elieen and I went up to Lompoc for the Educators Launch Conference. Donna went up the night before and stayed till Sunday. We had hoped to see the rocket being launched, but no luck. We got the tours and the classes, but the launch was rescheduled for Friday morning 1:00am. So we went up and back in the same day. It was a long day but it let Elieen spend Father's Day with her husband.
So on Thursday night after work Sylvia, Don and I headed back up there to see the actual launch. It turned out great. We were at the site and someone had a blackberry and got the actual countdown and we could hear the commentary. The launch itself was awesome. Of course it has to be said that all was not well on this trip. We took Sylvia's car and the transmission went out and ended up costing a bunch of money.