STS 129 Shuttle Launch

I've lived in Florida for 20 years now and Central Florida since 2000 but have never seen a shuttle launch up close. You can see them from Orlando but its not quite the same. As the number of remaining shuttle launches remaining starts to dwindle (only about 5 left) I finally made it over to the Kennedy Space Center to see a shuttle launch. It was spectacular and you couldn't have asked for better weather. Thanks to my friend Misty (who works at NASA) for the hookup. She was able to get a visitor pass to the closest viewing area allowed (3 miles from the launchpad) where all the media are located.