I think we are close! We have been working diligently on contacting the countries we need to transit down to Aruba for hurricane season and so far, things seem to be finally falling into place. We can currently transit through the Bahamas as long as we don't want to get off of the boat. We are allowed to stop for emergencies if we get a COVID test prior to leaving the states. Finding somewhere that will test perfectly healthy people has been a challenge so I am still working on that kink but getting closer. Next puzzle piece is Turks and Caicos which should be opening for transit this week. Puerto Rico is already open and Aruba will allow us to stay in their country for hurricane season as long as we have been quarantined for 14 days while in transit or when we arrive. Finally! It has been a long wait since March and we are very ready to go!
Meanwhile, we have finished our projects (my deck looks great by the way!) and we are gathering our last minute Amazon orders for the trip. Oh, how I will miss my Amazon! We were blessed today to watch the first manned rocket launch since 2011 from US soil. Watching the rocket fly into space was a breath taking event. Man is certainly an amazing creature. A short blog this week but hopefully we will be back on the move by this time next week! Fact for the week: History of Fueled Rockets The first man to give hope to dreams of space travel is American Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launches the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1926. The rocket traveled for 2.5 seconds at a speed of about 60 mph, reaching an altitude of 41 feet and landing 184 feet away. The rocket was 10 feet tall, constructed out of thin pipes, and was fueled by liquid oxygen and gasoline. (for comparison, the rocket launch today, 5/30/2020, will travel to the International Space Station and was traveling at 5600 mph when we saw it)
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