Rocket Launches

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During the month of June, I managed to catch sight of three rocket launches coming from Vandenburg Space Force Base.

From the 18th of June, 2024 taken near the Keene Cafe.

I have other videos, but they are too large for uploading. If I get around to trying to lower the quality, I may try uploading the other one again.

These are from Mojave, CA, 23rd of June, 2024.

This last set is from the oil fields near Taft, CA on the 28th of June, 2024. The daytime launches just aren’t as impressive.

I’ve wanted to see these rocket launches years ago, but I never seemed to be able to come across them when trying. Then this pass June, without trying at all I managed to catch three of them. That feels pretty cool.

-Duckin’ Kev

Fences

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Sunset time

Not much to report. We went for a hike in the pasture, got stopped by barbed wire fence. In the morning, trying my luck up the hill again, I did manage to find a way through the fence. I will try next time walking to the top.

Despite my disappointment for not making it further, Fender still had a grand time.

A moderate hike
Halted by the barbed wire
Next time, a field over

Never a straight line
Through the thickest of brambles
So goes the terrier

Good Morning!

They Had a Yard

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Driving on Old Kern Canyon Highway Road the other weekend, as I passed a gate on a dirt road, I noticed it didn’t have a lock or signs. At the time, I made a mental note to come back and scout the location. Last night I did, it was beautiful. It was quiet, with a yard, and a mountain for me to climb, just about perfect.

Day’s Haikus

With the cow’s pasture
Was the unexpected gift
Of fenced in peace

Climb the jumbled blocks
So many steps leading higher
All for one star’s glow

The stars hide tonight
Behind the fluffiest curtains
Bringing us flowers