Sunday, 4/16/23 ~ We just kind of hung out today and watch some outstanding documentaries.
Once Heather arrived, we went over to Jenn’s, and her partner, Amy, studio for the tour. They teach hot yoga and BAR, with some strength training classes as well. She has certified instructors from her former BAR studio and a great Yogi, so she and Amy will now have more free time as they are not teaching all the classes. They did a great job getting the studio up and running. Their contractor was wonderful to work with and knew the strange ways of the town’s building permit department. Greg great did the logo designs for the studio as well as the painting, building of racks, reception desk, bars, and other necessities. It only took nine months, (due to that crazy building permit department) but she finally has her CO and is officially open. They still have quite a following from the old studio with the online classes they ran due to Covid. I know they’re going to do fabulously!
Later we headed over to JoJo’s for a great dinner. It was loud, but we still enjoyed each other’s company.
Monday, 4/17/23 ~ We were up and on the road by about eight. Traffic was light for the whole ride. We stopped in Selma, North Carolina for the night so that we can break up the trip. The La Quinta is pet friendly. Tilly found her double in the mirror, and didn’t know what to do with herself we finally had to close the bifold so that she couldn’t see herself and would stop barking We’re still kind of worn out from Friday’s drive at the hotel so we made it an early night. Tillie spent a restless night with all the noise, hence so did we. She didn’t bark, but she moved around a lot.
Springtime and lots of blooming colors!
Tuesday, 4/18/23 ~ We were back on the road by eight and back at the marina around six. No traffic, no rain and great audio book. It is wonderful to be welcomed back by our dock mates.
Apparently, while we were away, the weather had been rather wild in this part of the state; severe thunderstorms, heavy downpours, a tornado in Sabastian, flooding (2 feet in 12 hours in Fort Lauderdale!) and high winds.
Wednesday, 4/19/23 ~ Knowing that we are leaving by this weekend, last week we had scheduled my Pilates for today at 1 PM. I really like Carissa, but she constantly floats around her classes depending on peoples schedules to fill the slots for the 4 machine. It was not a problem in the past, but somehow, she forgot that this was my last visit and that I couldn’t make it later than 1 o’clock. I waited a half hour. Carissa arrived at the same time as her client came, who was scheduled for the 1:30 private appointment. I was invited back- for four o’clock class, which I couldn’t make. Perhaps I will be back in the fall. We’ll see.
Photo ops on my walk back from Pilates, Wooden sculptures
Thursday, 4/20/23 ~ This morning, Pete tested the engine and found that the engine alarm was not functioning. He was able to replace it, but it is still not functioning. He called Pedro who will stop by tomorrow. The fact that this was the first attempt to get the rocket airborne, made it a success and a learning experience.
This morning, the world’ largest rocket launched from a SpaceX facility on Brownsville, Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico. The launch was a success, but the rocket exploded 4 minutes into the flight as separation of the main fuel cells were supposed to unscrew from the rocket. When it began to wobble off course, flight control proceeded with the detonation. People there said that the rumble and sound waves created by the massive engines at liftoff was unbelievable.
From the SpaceX website:
Starship Overview – SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as Starship- represents a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo into Earth Orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launched vehicle ever developed, capable of carrying up to 150 metric tonnes of fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expendable.
Height 120 m /394 ft
Diameter 9 m / 29.5 ft
Payload capacity 100-150 t (fully reusable)
As the most powerful launch system ever developed, Starship will be able to carry up to 100 people on a long duration, interplanetary flights. Starship will also help enable satellite delivery, the development of a Moon bases, and a point-to-point transport here on Earth.
Starship leverages tanker vehicles (essentially the Starship spacecraft minus the windows) to refill the Starship spacecraft in low-Earth orbit prior to departing for Mars. Refilling on-orbit enables the transport of up to 100 tonnes all the way to Mars and if the tanker ship has high reuse capability, the primary cost is just that of the oxygen and methane, which is extremely low.
Starbase- Development and manufacturing of Starship take place at Starbase, one of the world’s first commercial spaceports designed for orbital missions.
Size comparison chart and the Starship as it sits on the launch pad
Per CNN:
This test flight was a small step in a grand project. Before Starship can complete its first grand mission or host astronauts, SpaceX has significant technological questions to hash out.
NASA tapped SpaceX's Starship to serve as a lunar lander, ferrying astronauts from a separate spacecraft down to the lunar surface for the Artemis III mission, which is currently scheduled for as early as 2025. Before that mission can take off, however, SpaceX has to prove that Starship can make it to the moon.
Before SpaceX can even hash out that process, it'll also need to learn to put Starship into orbit in the first place. Today's test flight only sought to get to near orbital speeds and make a partial lap of the planet.
"Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent," said SpaceX engineer John Insprucker, serving as a launch commentator on the company's webcast.
Well, today was our final time at Taco Dive Beachside. We did it right with Marilyn, Jon, Connie and Ed. As usual, the food was great and the company even better!
Once home I headed out to do the grocery shopping. I got home around 4:45. While helping bring the provisions on board, Pete told me we were invited to Barb and Mike’s for drinks, we made it by 5:30 with hors d’oeuvres and drinks in hand. We really enjoyed our visit and friendship. Already looking forward to next year!
Friday, 4/21/23 ~ I got a text last night that Pete’s dry-cleaning is ready. I left this morning to do laundry and pick up his clothes at Surfside Laundry, over on Hutchinson Island.
Pedro, Jr stopped to check out the alarm problem. Not sure why the light is not working so he’s going to do some research and get back to us. We hoped it was going to be today, but it was not. Pete canceled our reservations for the marinas for the 3 marinas as we were supposed to leave on Sunday, so we’ll have to see.
Laundry got put away and we picked up the rental car at 3, got our car washed, and picked up the dowels and painters clips for the enclosure as we headed down to Ann and Howie‘s. We are leaving the car with them until we get back to the Chesapeake. Pete will fly down and drive it back. Howie suggested a ne-to-us restaurant. It has been a while since we had a Greek dinner to we headed over to Galinis Greek Restaurant. Yaya’s Meatballs and the Tzatziki were really good. I tried the shrimp with kalamata olives, feta, and spinach in scampi sauce, served over orzo. Pete really enjoyed the Moussaka.
The belly dancer for entertainment was interesting. We will be back in July, but tonight, we said our goodbyes for the season.
We then headed home with the rental car. We wouldn’t recommend the Chevy Trax. It is really, really, cheaply made; noisy, and not very comfortable. However, it did take us from A to B and back.
Market. Today’s music was really good, but we couldn’t stay to listen very long. I finally had the perfect conditions to put the registration numbers onto the dinghy, so we are just about to head north. Just waiting one the alarm repair.
The breezes today day are stronger than predicted. Many cruisers on Facebook have posted that they are staying put due to the winds.
Early afternoon, we headed over to The Oyster Festival by the River Walk. Our dock mates, Melissa and Mike have a booth. I’ve looked at
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with the orthopedist when we’re down here in July.
I took a break from posting to the blog to go back to the Oyster Festival to take some photos, because I completely forgot when we were there early, On the way back, I met two ladies and we were discussing manatees. They had just seen
one. I walked over to the side to take pictures of the mural and I got a chance to also see the Manatee.
Once back posted more to the blog, and finally broke for dinner and relaxed. Got to catch up on some more Star Trek’s Strange New Worlds. These characters are allowed to portray much more rounded characters. I particularly like that the captain often cooks dinner for invited crew. There are
jibes, laughter, and some tongue and cheek responses.
~ ~ ~ /) ~ ~ K & P
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