Fly me to the moon

Fly me to the moon is the song which reminds me of reaching the ultimate goal. The song is the ultimate goal in reaching love. There are other goals like the one the Democrat Candidate Barack Obama talked about if he became President. John McCain the Republican Candidate talked about this goal too. I think of those people braving the late night hour in Kissimmee and the cold weather just to hear Barack Obama and Former President Bill Clinton speak about Barack running for President. I know this seems to be a once in a life time historic event, but I could barely keep my eyes open to watch television. I know I wouldn't last through the long lines, late night and lack of bathrooms. This reminds me when my dad took me over to the Cape to see a shuttle launch. I sent away for a special pass where dad and I could get on the property. We were allowed to watch the launch from a certain area on the property. However, we were joined by countless other watchers and the bathrooms were outside portalets. I was glad the officials called off the launch. Dad and I went to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center to wait out the crowd leaving the property. The Visitor Center was nice and they had nice bathrooms. Later mom and I wised up and discovered we could get a ring side seat by booking a hotel room in Titusville facing the water and the Cape. We did this on more than one occasion. We saw some pretty wonderful launches without getting into a crowd of people, plus the hotel carried the NASA channel so we got to see the astronauts every move leading up to the countdown. If the launch was canceled, we had our food and drink so it wasn't a major disappointment. We just scheduled to come back another time. Later mom and I moved to New Smyrna Beach where we could see the shuttle take off between two houses across the street. We could also hear the roar of the engines follow after the shuttle had disappeared into the atmosphere. Reaching goals is a terrific feeling and failing to reach goals is a terrible feeling. I can only hope for more successes than failers.