{"id":2449,"date":"2018-09-09T03:37:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T01:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2019-07-28T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T14:02:30","slug":"family-meet-up-a-space-shuttle-and-some-black-skimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/en\/family-meet-up-a-space-shuttle-and-some-black-skimmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Family meet-up, a Space Shuttle and some black skimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Family \u201cMeet-up\u201d<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The countdown is over \u2013 we have started on our Latin American timeout. Though currently we are actually in the United States and not in Latin America \u2013 as we start with a week&#8217;s vacation in Florida (where there are also many who Spanish speakers).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the first day after our arrival in Florida, we had the first unplanned event \u2013 a family meet-up with Uffe&#8217;s cousin Jette. It turned out that the Atlanta based family was on an extended weekend break in Cape Canaveral, just half an hour&#8217;s drive from our hotel at Titusville. What are the odds?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We had a really nice afternoon and evening where we also had the opportunity to meet more members of the Binder family who were also on holiday in the States. It was a perfect way to start our journey. And we promised Jette to put her in the blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2393\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2393\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2JetteSelfieIMG_0021.jpg\" alt=\"Familie meet-up. Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.\" width=\"481\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2JetteSelfieIMG_0021.jpg 481w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2JetteSelfieIMG_0021-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family meet-up. Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Photo: Jette Juel Binder.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Kennedy Space Center<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedyspacecenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a>, however, was not unplanned as it is a place we have always dreamed of visiting. It was definitely also a great experience, and highly recommended if you think space travel is exciting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We started with a bus ride around the Kennedy Space Center and drove past the impressive Vehicle Assemble Building (VAB) where the Saturn V rockets and the space shuttles were made ready before the launches. We came past the ramp used by Space X for their rocket launches, and we were also lucky enough to see NASA&#8217;s crawler transport (CT-2) and mobile launch ramp (ML). They had rolled out onto Launch Pad 39B for system checks. Read more on NASA&#8217;s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-feature\/along-the-way-to-launch-pad-39b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Along the way to Launch Pad 39B<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2383\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2383\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2383\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LauncepadDSCN0873.jpg\" alt=\"CT-2, ML and Launch Pad 39B. Kennedy Space Center.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LauncepadDSCN0873.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LauncepadDSCN0873-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LauncepadDSCN0873-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LauncepadDSCN0873-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LauncepadDSCN0873-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CT-2, ML and Launch Pad 39B. Kennedy Space Center.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also a great experience to see the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Race to the Moon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exhibition in the Apollo \/ Saturn V building, where we could walk under a real Saturn V rocket (though one that had not been into space). Another very great experience was to see space shuttle Atlantis and the entire space shuttle exhibition<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2397\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2397\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2397\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2.jpg\" alt=\"Space Shuttle Atlantis. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSCN0931-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Space Shuttle Atlantis. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to allocate a minimum of one day for a visit, both because there is so much to see and experience, but also because there can be a lot of people. We had chosen an almost perfect day, the day after Labor Day. And why was it not completely perfect when we almost had it all for ourselves? The perfect time would have been if there had also been a rocket launch!<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Birding Space Coast<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kennedy Space Center is not the only thing that Florida&#8217;s Space Coast has to offer. It is also a good and exciting place for birdwatching. We saw several different species of heron, a few <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anatidae\/different ducks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ospreys &#8211; ospreys everywhere, resting and flying. We have never seen so many before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And we saw Manatees &#8211; no, it&#8217;s not a bird but a mammal, and a strange one at that. We saw at least four different by a channel where they gather. The water was very murky, so even though the Manatees were very close, they were still hard to see, and only a small part of them could be seen when they were in the water<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2385\" style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #f3f3f3; font-size: 1.5rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ManateeTailIMG_0491.jpg\" alt=\"Manatee. Space Coast, Florida.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ManateeTailIMG_0491.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ManateeTailIMG_0491-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ManateeTailIMG_0491-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ManateeTailIMG_0491-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ManateeTailIMG_0491-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manatee. Space Coast, Florida.<\/p>\n<h5>A flock of Black Skimmers<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A target species &#8211; a bird on the wish list &#8211; was the black skimmer. A very special bird in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gull <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">family. We knew there was a chance to see them along Florida&#8217;s coasts, for example on the East coast Southwest of Tampa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We drove to Treasure Island and stayed at the Treasure Island Ocean Club, where we got a room right next to the bar &#8211; and it was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">right next to the bar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the hotel&#8217;s name suggests, it was not far from the water, and we went down to see what was happening on the beach.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were a lot of laughing gulls and a few people, but otherwise, it was very peaceful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Hey, look!&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">juvenile <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">black skimmer came flying a few meters past us. Great! A new species checked on the list and, in addition, a target species. Was it a randomly passing bird or were there more along the beach?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were several black skimmers on the beach. A flock of 51 individuals stood between other gulls and terns a little up the beach. The birds were quite unaffected by the people on the beach, and you could go into the middle of the flock without them moving more than a few steps.<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlbicillaExplorer\/videos\/524822634642568\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We spent the following day at Port de Soto Park, half an hour\u2019s drive from our hotel. It is a large recreational area where birds can also be seen along the beach. We saw more black skimmers &#8211; at least 101, there were also Forster&#8217;s Tern, Roseate Spoonbill and some wading birds, and again ospreys everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2387\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2387\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2387\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OspreyIMG_0879.jpg\" alt=\"Fiske\u00f8rn. Treasure Island, Florida.\u00bd\" width=\"1080\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OspreyIMG_0879.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OspreyIMG_0879-600x444.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OspreyIMG_0879-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OspreyIMG_0879-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/OspreyIMG_0879-1024x759.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Osprey. Treasure Island, Florida.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>From tropical\u00a0storm to warm sunny weather<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weather-wise, we experienced a mixed-bag during our stay in Florida. It started with the tropical storm Gordon &#8220;landing&#8221; Monday morning, which meant heavy winds and very <\/span><b>a lot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of rain. However, it cleared with scattered showers. Then it became dry, sunny and very hot, with temperatures around 35 degrees Celcius. The last few days have been a bit cooler with approx. 28-30 degrees Celsius and with heavy thunderstorms in the afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlbicillaExplorer\/videos\/524822634642568\/<\/p>\n<p>All photos and video \u00a9 Bente Steffensen and Uffe Damm Andersen, unless otherwise is stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family \u201cMeet-up\u201d The countdown is over \u2013 we have started on our Latin American timeout. 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