I was afforded the opportunity this weekend to attend an annual, exclusive event: The Great American Picnic.
Now this just isn’t any picnic, this picnic is exclusively for employees of USA (United Space Alliance) They give massive support to NASA in the way of manufacturing parts for the Space Shuttles. This annual event is by invitation only. USA employees get camping passes, one of which they can pass along to friends or family. And pass along ole Bob did. Thanks, Bob, for an awesome time!
The campground of Kars Park on the Banana River is government property, just down the road from Kennedy Space Center, and you have to work for the government (or one of it’s supplier subsidy contractors) to even get a yearly pass at Kars.
You don’t have to camp, you can just attend the picnic on Saturday (about $7 a person for Sonny’s BBQ catered food) However, the picnic offered all the free sodas, beer and roasted corn you could consume. Port-a-Potties be damned, it was a good time! I’m always up for free beer!
Let’s get to some photos, eh!
The view from our campsite
View from my tent
Great American Picnic complete with kiddy attractions
and music, of all kinds!
Ummm, that roasted corn was GOOD! Yummy!
My friend, Mary, and I’s dirty camper feet (yes, it was also yesterday’s WW)
Ok, ok, so I’m obsessed with Spanish Moss (and as I’ve learned, Florida’s Live Oak trees)
Totum pole marking the way back to my freakin’ campsite!
I love yard art! So to see this piece next to a travel trailer campsite, I was thrilled. This is a zoom shot so you can see the cruise ship at Port Canaveral (that’s the Disney cruise liner.)
Since the campsite is situated on the west bank of the Banana River, we could see the Delta II Rocket launch pad on the east side of the Banana River. Yep, that’s right folks, I got to see a rocket lift off from its pad! It may have been a river’s width away but it was still awesome!
Hopefully I’ll be able to bring you some still shots of that soon. Also, I not only video taped the lift off, but also scenes from the classic car show and best of all….the picnic’s chili cook-off.
Lot’s more to come!
