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  1. 1150 miles in, Springfield, IL, top down, blue sky, getting sick of sunflower seeds...9:33 AM Jul 16th from txt
  2. back on the road after a stay at a hotel somewhere b/w Memphis and St Louis. Thunderstorm behind me, clear sky, sunrise ahead, yellow above4:11 AM Jul 16th from txt
  3. @MCapp22 thanks! sounds good- I'll be in Chicago for most of the last week of July10:07 PM Jul 15th from web
  4. now back to the road, another launch in the books. had I known it was up to me to leave for shuttle to launch, would've left a month ago!3:47 PM Jul 15th from txt
  5. we talk about NASA 15 mins, I explain abort modes, space suits, rockets, then tank falls away, news changes to obama speech on health care3:45 PM Jul 15th from txt
  6. SRB sep, 2 camera views, fox news guy talking about fate of space station program, discussion over relevance of space exp3:41 PM Jul 15th from txt
  7. other guy at bar was former Navy guy, recalled where he was during apollo 13, said he had taken the tour at JSC couple yrs ago...3:35 PM Jul 15th from txt
  8. "its going HOW fast?" guy sipping a corona at the bar asked 30s into flight... "and you said nothing was on TV" he added pointing to barkeep3:33 PM Jul 15th from txt
  9. countdown was at 13 sec. engines pivoted, fire lit, endeavor lifted into sky, I gave commentary b/w breaths to bar's 2 patrons & barkeep...3:31 PM Jul 15th from txt
  10. stopped at 3 restaurants, a planetarium & a bank b4 finding a TV. sweat dripping, nearly out of breath, had to ask bartender to turn to news3:27 PM Jul 15th from txt
  11. after 1/2 mile mad dash in flip flops thru downtown Jackson, MI, dodging cars & sm children, made it to tv at marriott w/ 13 sec to spare!3:24 PM Jul 15th from txt
  12. WOOOOOO!!!!!! yeah endeavor!!3:09 PM Jul 15th from txt
  13. looking for tv inn jackson, mississippi to watch shuttle launch in 20 minutes!2:45 PM Jul 15th from txt
  14. mississippi! on bridge over swampland in louisiana there were 3 cars and a motorcycle flipped over... scary1:35 PM Jul 15th from txt
  15. "... but til then tramps like us baby we were born to run."9:46 AM Jul 15th from txt
  16. "someday girl, I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place where we really want to be, and we'll walk in the sun..."9:44 AM Jul 15th from txt
  17. loving this free satellite radio for first year of jeep ownership thing... E street radio- all springsteen, all the time!9:33 AM Jul 15th from txt
  18. hello, louisiana7:57 AM Jul 15th from txt
  19. my route: I-10 east, I-55 north. best prt of trip so far? leaving "gone fishin" sign at work & having it be true. always wanted to do that!6:50 AM Jul 15th from txt
  20. tried to push out trip to allow for sts-127 shuttle launch, but realized maybe it's ME that's bad luck? i'm doing this for you, #NASA6:46 AM Jul 15th from txt
  • Name Garret Fitzpatrick
  • Location Houston, TX
  • Web http://garblog.wo...
  • Bio Explorer / Writer / Shuttle Crew Escape Engineer
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