Space Shuttle Atlantis launched, for perhaps the last time – we knew there was no way to get close viewing tickets at Cape Canaveral, but we still looked East at 2:20pm … and saw:
We initially saw it even more clearly, with an orange glow at the top of the vapour trail – but I didn’t realize what a great view we would have, so didn’t have my camera ready!
We’ve thought about going on one of the many “behind the scenes” tours available at the different Walt Disney World parks, and finally today we went on the “Keys To The Kingdom” tour, about 4-1/2 hours in the Magic Kingdom, including lunch, and including a couple of trips beyond the public area – down behind Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean (where the parade floats are), under the park in the famous Utilidors, and behind Main St (where there wasn’t much to see except an escaping Cinderella!)
Officially, you can’t take pictures “back stage”, but …
I actually planned my Florida vacation this week, so that it overlapped “Second Wednesday” and I was able to hang out for an evening with MINI folk! And while it looked like a small turnout, we did finally have five cars – including a couple with a less-than-one-week-old (to them) MINI, and a really nice ’63 classic Mini panel van! Oh – and spectacular weather allowing us to enjoy an outdoor evening with good food and company 🙂
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