Kayaker Philosophy: Turn over and smell the fishes.

BRA friends Dave, Esther, and I drove over to the Oak Hill area yesterday (just north of Titusville) to go paddling with the FLOAT meetup group. The plan was to paddle out 3 miles or so to an island campsite, pitch the tents, and then wake up early to view the night shuttle launch of the STS-130 night launch at 4:39 AM. It was a bit blustery of a paddle out, but the 35 members of the group seem to have made it without a problem. We all found plenty of space to spread out, cooked dinner, and sat around the fire chatting and drinking a bit before heading to bed. Everyone was up early anticipating the launch, however less than 10 minutes before it was to go up the official determination was made to scrub due to too low of a cloud ceiling.

Paddling pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/mblitch/KayakingCanaveral2010