10 minutes to go

The loud speaker said we're go for launch. We wait among thousands of people for the takeoff and launch of SpaceShipOne. Matt and I got nearly no sleep so are running off fumes. It's an amazing place to be on a beautiful morning in the high desert. Time to fly!

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6/23/2004 @ 1:28pm

I have to explain the "Screw Wasco" entry... Matt and I were on our way from I-5 crossing over the dark valley toward Mojave after 11pm when we reached a point where Highway 46 briefly flerted with Highway 43 then was suppose to turn right back into 46. There was no obvious signage leading us to continue on 46 so we ventured south and east on 43 and luckily made it to Bakersfield where we connected to yet another highway out to Mojave.

Wasco's slogan is "A nice place to live" and, given that I feel spoiled to live in such a beautiful part of the country, I beg to disagree. Flat land with endless rows of sun-baked crops is not my idea of a nice place to live -- nor be lost in.

by KevinFreitas