On Saturday night I had the privilege of watching a rocket take off. At 10:53 pm NASA launched the “Kepler”…a rocket in search of other habitable planets. My siblings, mother and I went down to the beach and were literally wading in the ocean when we saw it.

I had no idea what to expect. Cape Canaveral is actually a little over 20 miles away from where we were and I figured we’d have to squint our eyes and search really hard to see the rocket when it went off. This is why I did not bother having my camera ready!

It was amazing…so bright, like the sunset on a clear evening. I couldn’t help but cheer when it first went off-how amazing. A minute or two after it took off we heard it…light traveling faster than sound of course. How crazy is that!

I can’t imagine watching the shuttle at a night launch! The Kepler will be out there floating about for three years they say…maybe it’ll find a new vacation hot spot or something.