R-pod Owners Forum : Final Shuttle launch https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Camping Adventures : Final Shuttle launch Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:44:44 +0000 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:20:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1922 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ Final Shuttle launch : Glad you got to see the shuttle... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17375#17375 Author: Snowbound
Subject: 1922
Posted: 10 Jul 2011 at 12:20am

Glad you got to see the shuttle and the ride home hasn't been too bad. It was more fun for us thinking of you being there.
Thanks
T & B
]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:20:53 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17375#17375 Final Shuttle launch : On our way home stilll after spending... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17361#17361 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1922
Posted: 09 Jul 2011 at 11:25am

On our way home stilll after spending the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot.  One minor glitch, we were half way through prepping for the night (emptying out the back, piling all the stuff on the front seats) when a security patrol stopped to ask us to move to another area of the lot.  We were near all the RVs but in a darker area so we wouldn't have lights in our eyes, in the farthest possible part of the lot from the front door.  But he claimed that specific area of the lot was reserved for trucks and yes there was a truck there - I bit my lip because hanging over the guard's head as he spoke to me was a sign that said "no truck parking".  Whatever,  he was ok with us moving to another dark area of the lot. 

Traffic is much better today and we are now due home an hour earlier than when we started the day.  Then we get to immediately pack to head out again tomorrow.  :-)

]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:25:35 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17361#17361 Final Shuttle launch : Congrats, you witnessed history... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17349#17349 Author: Iteach5th
Subject: 1922
Posted: 08 Jul 2011 at 9:02pm

Congrats, you witnessed history in the making! Safe trip home.]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:02:08 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17349#17349 Final Shuttle launch : I kept watching the internet/news... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17347#17347 Author: Guests
Subject: 1922
Posted: 08 Jul 2011 at 8:36pm

Thumbs Up
I kept watching the internet/news today and was glad they got the go to launch.  Glad everything worked out well and have a safe trip home.]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:36:31 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17347#17347 Final Shuttle launch : Great stuff, Doug and family!... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17346#17346 Author: Podsible Dream
Subject: 1922
Posted: 08 Jul 2011 at 8:21pm

Great stuff, Doug and family! Safe travels home! You missed another rip snorter of a frontal passage up here tonite!]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:21:55 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17346#17346 Final Shuttle launch : Success! The whole family finally... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17340#17340 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1922
Posted: 08 Jul 2011 at 5:20pm

Success!  The whole family finally can say they saw a launch.  On our way home now, we were hoping to be home very late tonight (2 am) but between slow traffic in Titusville with a million people trying to leave at one time and then heavy rain we are hours behind schedule.  Might have to spend the night in a rest stop as originally planned.]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:20:31 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17340#17340 Final Shuttle launch : Watch out for all the smoke and... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17318#17318 Author: tdrace
Subject: 1922
Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 9:26pm

Watch out for all the smoke and fires! I hope you get to see the launch. We usually watch it from the beach in Hilton Head. It goes right over our head. i am sure it is not the same as being there. Have fun! ]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:26:11 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17318#17318 Final Shuttle launch : Glad to here that! Hope the weather... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17311#17311 Author: Podsible Dream
Subject: 1922
Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 5:57pm

Glad to here that! Hope the weather breaks for you. Weather Channel wasn't too optimistic this afternoon... Although I guess parts of Fla could use the rain!
We're getting good boomers here in central NJ this PM, looks like northern MD and the B/W area is getting some too.]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:57:21 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17311#17311 Final Shuttle launch : Nope, trading off driving duties... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17310#17310 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1922
Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 5:47pm

Nope, trading off driving duties with my wife!]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:47:58 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17310#17310 Final Shuttle launch : Ain't technology amazin'?... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17309#17309 Author: Podsible Dream
Subject: 1922
Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 5:22pm

Ain't technology amazin'? We just hope he isn't textin' and driving at the same time! ]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:22:03 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17309#17309 Final Shuttle launch : Well if they can send people up... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17306#17306 Author: Snowbound
Subject: 1922
Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 2:37pm

Well if they can send people up into space, sending info from a moving car doesn't seem that unachievableLOL]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:37:45 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17306#17306 Final Shuttle launch : On our way, 3 1/2 hours in, currently... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17304#17304 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1922
Posted: 07 Jul 2011 at 11:11am

On our way, 3 1/2 hours in, currently passing Richmond, VA.  Just over 24 hours until launch.  Latest update from NASA is a 30% chance of favorable weather this time tomorrow, and looking at the weather forecast conditions have worsened on Saturday so we may have the same chance that day if things are delayed by a day.  I was really hoping for clear skies so I could see it go all the way - unlike last time where clouds at 5000 feet only let me see 15 seconds, but I'll take what I can get.

I love wireless data, whoda thunk 10 years ago someone could be cruising down the road getting updates and making forum posts at broadband speeds?  I was happy with my first phone in 1994 when it could get me online at 4800 baud!

]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:11:48 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17304#17304 Final Shuttle launch : Thanks all, not too late to start... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17285#17285 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1922
Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 2:51pm

Thanks all, not too late to start driving and meet us down there.  Smile ]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:51:01 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17285#17285 Final Shuttle launch : +1 I wish I could see it. https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17284#17284 Author: Guests
Subject: 1922
Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 2:24pm

+1
 
I wish I could see it. Ouch
]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:24:38 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17284#17284 Final Shuttle launch : Enjoy your trip and hopefully... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17281#17281 Author: tpierce220
Subject: 1922
Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 9:57am

Enjoy your trip and hopefully the launch goes without a hitch.  ]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:57:09 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17281#17281 Final Shuttle launch : Enjoy this historic launch https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17278#17278 Author: Iteach5th
Subject: 1922
Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 12:23am

Enjoy this historic launch]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:23:55 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17278#17278 Final Shuttle launch : Enjoy! I got assigned for jury... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17261#17261 Author: Podsible Dream
Subject: 1922
Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:40pm

Enjoy! I got assigned for jury duty this week. So we made a weekend arrangement in the PineBarrens... Give those brave people a wave and a prayer for us. ]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:40:28 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17261#17261 Final Shuttle launch : We will be heading down the road... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1922&PID=17260#17260 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1922
Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 8:34pm

We will be heading down the road for some 'pod-less car camping on Thursday, to hopefully see the final shuttle launch on Friday.  So far the weather forecast isn't favorable, but if all goes well it will lift off at 11:26 am.  For those that followed my last adventure down and back, we'll be doing the same thing - camping on the side of the road in Titusville, FL - but this time the whole family is coming.  I would of course prefer to bring the 'pod and there is plenty of space there for it, but the difference in gas ($200 vs. $900) makes it a no-brainer for this short trip.  If we were staying a week like we did in April I would take it.

Then when we get back its back in the car the next day for a week at the beach.  Maybe even same-day if we are delayed down there.  This time with the 'pod.

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