‘Mission #2 Westward Ho! 12-19-09 to 04-23-10’ Archives
12-22-09 to 01-05-10 Black Canyon City
We spent 2 weeks at the Black Canyon City KOA about 45 minutes north of Phoneix AZ. Typical KOA, but it had a jewel that the other KOA’s we visited did not have…70,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public land. Right outside of our front door. We spent [Read More]
Go Fever! 12-22-09
Go Fever is a an old NASA term that meant you were so focused on meeting a launch deadline that you would overlook or dismiss warning signs of a problem. “What, the left wing of the Space Shuttle is falling off? Not a problem! The shuttle still has its right wing to [Read More]
12-22-09 New Mexico
We started our day early and left at dawn. This was the last big run before we would get to our campsite in AZ north of Phoenix that we planned on staying for a few days. The trip started out pretty good. Traffic was light on I-10 until we got to El Paso on the [Read More]
12-20 to 12-21-09 Making good time
We got up that morning and gingerly made our way out of the campsite. It was a pretty site, but man it was tight! After navigating around the trees, avoiding sliding into the lake, and making the tight turns, we were on our way. We flew through Alabama, Mississippi, and [Read More]
12-19-09 Launch day for Mission #2
As we were closing out the condo, we discovered Commander Merlin hiding under…errrr…doing a final walk down under the bed. It took both crew members to coax her out so she could report for duty on the bridge of RV-103. We loaded her up in her own little special [Read More]
