Groceries, Tourism, and Son's Rocket Launch Success - Full-time Boat Life| Ep 93

Name: Groceries, Tourism, and Son's Rocket Launch Success - Full-time Boat Life| Ep 93 | Open Video
Uploaded: 2025-11-15T20:12:06+00:00
Duration: 24 min 40 s

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Okay, Bella's got her treat.
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Water maker's cleaning. There's my babe.
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And we are going to Porta Platada.
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Before we leave, we also uh leave the
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stereo on for our puppy so she uh
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doesn't get as anxious listening to all
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the traffic out here.
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Yeah.
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Okay. So, we're off the boat and uh you
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know, when the locals talk, my wife
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thinks they're always yelling
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earlier all the time. Yeah, but uh way
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far away, you could probably still hear
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them really good. They're, you know, we
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can also hear people uh hooting and
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hollering on the boat. And we're pretty
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far from this dock. But uh we dropped
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off our trash. Our puppy is uh
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uh musicked and treated
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and watered and all that crap.
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And we're off to Porla. We're traveling
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with a uh bus that the North arranged.
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So you get here, loop on, check out the
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North.
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Yeah, they're going to be doing them
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weeklys. Next week they're doing a
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Santiago one, which we haven't been to
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Santiago, but there's a big huge like
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Costco type situation over there. But uh
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you know, we're doing our grocery
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shopping this week, so
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yeah.
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Okay, guys. We're at the north. There's
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my babe back there. It's uh No,
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she's back there. That's uh uh Leah and
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Scott. And we have the uh bus ready to
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go down here. So, that's what we're
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going to be riding in. And uh yeah, if
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you uh if you're around uh Looperon
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selling in, yeah, they're uh just hook
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up with the north and they can uh set
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you in the right direction to get you
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around here.
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Okay, so our first stop is the used
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cramp store and uh babe, but they got
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Christmas stuff back there, babe.
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I see Christmas lights.
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I haven't made it. So, here is all the
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tools.
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Great selection.
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Hopefully, they work.
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Okay, we finished looking at this uh uh
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this is it where they have lots of used
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stuff
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and uh nothing. Everything looks a
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little bit overused.
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Didn't think we were doing the tourist
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thing today, but here we are. Little
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babe right there.
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So, found the gym clinic right here.
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Yeah, we need to find a um
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Oh, yeah.
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Sorry, the motorcycle gang coming
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through. But yeah, we need uh our dog
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needs some veterinarian assistance.
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So, we're going to get some empanadas
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here.
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Everybody's got to get across the road
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without getting run over.
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We opted for no empanadas, they want a
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restaurant. That looks like a cool
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street.
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Little I guess all y'all juicers out
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there, there's a juice stand.
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Here's our ocean today.
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And here we are. Roadside service. So,
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last time we're here, we ate right
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there.
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Now, we're at the restaurant right next
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to it. Checking that out. That is our
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view from the restaurant.
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Okay, guys. My hamburger came out. My
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baby food came out. Looks pretty good.
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So, this is a nice little restaurant.
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So, how was the food, baby?
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It's pretty good.
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Delicioso.
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Yes.
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And this is why it's better to walk. You
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can hear the cars communicating.
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One thing you have to watch out for is
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motorcycles will come down the sidewalk
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and uh we don't share.
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Okay, we're back doing the tourism
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thing.
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I didn't see those last time.
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Oh, horse and buggies. Yeah, these are
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pretty cool. Here
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I here.
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Okay, my wife is going downstairs in the
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gazebo. That's where the bathroom is.
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Well, that's just a cool bus right
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there.
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Yeah, they got tourism done right
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now. We're going to go see the umbrella
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in Pink Street.
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And it's all down this way.
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So, my babe wants to check out Bad Fish.
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They have like a sail going on.
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Baby's looking at all the clothing.
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It's so pretty, but I don't know where I
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would wear it.
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$55.
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Okay, my babe is uh finding her a little
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Christmas decoration. We're not supposed
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to film in here.
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Okay, they don't let you film in there,
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but rain is coming. that we didn't have
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to worry about, right?
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Well, we don't we are it's here.
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So, our boats are fine. But yeah, we got
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us a Christmas decoration
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and uh carry that back to the US.
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We're back on the umbrella street.
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It is really busy out here. Found an
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opening.
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What?
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plenty of souvenirs around here.
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We
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went to the chocolate shop and got us a
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shot glass right there.
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All part of the, you know, experience.
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Our rest of them are in storage and
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that's actually pretty good for
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Now we're going up the flag street.
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Okay guys, we're done with the tourist
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thing. We're going to go check out Jumbo
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in the mall. I'll take the mall first.
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Wait a minute. What about our ice cream?
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What about the ice cream, guys?
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We'll get you some ice cream.
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Okay, guys. This is the new mall
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entrance.
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No fuma.
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Look at the Christmas stuff, baby.
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I know.
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Oh, guys, this is super fancy.
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Okay, guys. Look at that. Look at that.
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She wanted to
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Oh, you can just go ride in your jumbo
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right there.
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my tree.
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Yeah,
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this mall is pretty nice. It's not
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populated yet, but there's our food
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court back down there.
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The food court lacks the food just yet.
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Food court finally.
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First elevator scene that worked in the
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DR. That's nice.
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Uhoh. Found my toy store, baby.
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Yeah, your toy store.
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My babe is looking at her toys.
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That's right. She's in the kitchen.
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She needs a
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This goes nice with her apron.
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What?
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These toys.
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They carry some expensive brands in
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here. This is Sonic.
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And then over here, look at the size of
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that JBL.
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Okay, guys. I have to say this is a
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really nice mall here. There's not much
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in it, but really nice.
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They haven't opened up a lot of stores.
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Yeah.
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But now we're going to head to find me
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some shorts, baby.
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It's also nice is right outside the mall
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is the grocery store. Jumbo
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where come true.
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We're in Jumbo and my wife found her
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gelatin. It's
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actually the stuff my mom used to buy.
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when we were making um like jellies and
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stuff.
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So, we're going to make us some gummies
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possibly.
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Okay, we finished our jumbo run
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and that's our haul back there.
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Not all of it.
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There's somebody else's haul back there,
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too.
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Well, that side's all ours, so that's
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all our haul. But, uh and now she's
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checking to make sure our Christmas made
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it. And yeah, we got some beers for the
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road, which I'm about to open up.
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Got to figure out how we're open.
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Oh, yeah. Well, we'll figure it out.
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Okay, we have our haul and new pillows.
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And my wife's like, I don't want
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everything to be wet before we get
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there.
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Really? It's kind of wavy right now.
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Uhhuh. Little windy.
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But I thought my mini engine was riding
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bad, but I got just out. I noticed I
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have the choke still halfway out. So,
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that was my problem.
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Okay, guys. We got the meat put away and
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my wife is now cleaning up our fridge.
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I can't believe how many condiments we
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have over there.
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We were never condiment people. This got
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out of hand. Yeah,
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I don't know how. Don't even ask me.
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We don't even use half of it on a
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regular basis.
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It's just like you you you buy something
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for something and then you wind up with
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sandwich spread forever.
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Mhm.
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We don't eat a lot of sandwiches.
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Rarely,
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but we're going to have to find
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something to do with that.
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Yes.
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Okay. Now, my baby's cleaning up the top
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track. This will help seal the fridge.
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And uh yeah, we have uh Lysol wipes
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and we broke down by paper towels.
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Well, it just got to the point where I
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was using up all our
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temporary towels that I would wash them
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and put them up here and then they would
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be gone cuz my husband would take them
11:02
outside and use them for something
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disgusting. And then I'm like, "Okay,
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well that's gone." I go get another one.
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It's So now I had I think I have two
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left.
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Okay, guys. My babe got it done.
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Well, I didn't move these because I've
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already done that before. This is a bag
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of flour, yeast, and sugar.
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The size of this fridge, though.
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Keep in here.
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Yeah,
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pretty big fridge.
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So, it there's I do have to fix that
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wall over there. But yeah, it's this is
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done us well.
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I'm going to organize.
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See what? Make sure everything is
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secure.
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And I have baskets in there to organize.
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Okay. My babe organized the fridge.
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I'm utilizing these these bentos right
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here.
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Yeah.
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Or these beanos.
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And
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and back there is my um like soy sauce
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and um hot sauces. So we got dairy, we
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got condiments, more condiments. Veggies
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are going to go there.
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I think this is the cleanest we've seen
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it in a while. Actually,
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tell you the truth. Now I got to wash
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veggies.
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But also check out the temperature of
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fridge. We just loaded up with meat.
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It's down to 16°.
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Not any lower.
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It was lower before uh yeah, we cleaned
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the fridge, but it was down to 10,
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but that's uh that's really good. And uh
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yeah, I'll leave a link down below or go
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check out that we did the the fridge
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video. Had uh had a lot of issues with
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this fridge and uh have worked through
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them.
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I like the wide screen. Makes me look
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like I've gained like 30 pounds.
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No, that's me. I mean, I've gained a
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little bit of weight here in the DR, but
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not that much.
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Fish eggs.
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Okay, guys. We got these papayas.
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And
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now, we've boughten this before. It's
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really good.
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Yeah,
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this one's really ripe, though. So, if
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we don't eat it, then we've just wasted
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money.
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And uh
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I'm getting the seeds out cuz they're
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they're definitely seeds. But doesn't
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that look like
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it's like caviar? Thanks.
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Also, there should be a rocket launch
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today. It's the rocket that some worked
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off. The new Glenn worked on worked on
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the new Glenn rocket. It's uh the one
13:46
that's supposed to deliver a uh
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exploration package to Mars. It's going
13:51
to take it 13 months to get there
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because Mars right now is not in the
13:56
correct alignment. So, it has to
13:58
actually sit out there in orbit and um
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yeah, and then uh once it once Mars
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comes back around you, it'll be there.
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But
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today might be the day. Yeah,
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it's this will be the third attempt due
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to weather.
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Yeah,
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good old Florida. You know, they're
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having some uh they're having some weird
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weather in Florida right now.
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Well, the first one a cruise ship got in
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the way for a bit and then the weather
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uh started acting up. Uh, the second one
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was just weather and uh hopefully today
14:30
is it. I recorded the first one. I cut
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that out because yeah, that didn't work.
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And hopefully I can get in this video.
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Okay, we're looking for the new Glenn to
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watch. New Glenn 2.
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This was the uh rocket our son worked
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on. And uh there's my babe. and uh yeah,
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he was uh doing uh some of the uh uh the
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guidance uh fans on it and uh now he
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works in Alabama on their um their uh
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the engine for the uh new Glenn. So,
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pretty cool.
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Are you hyper about the launch?
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You ready to see the launch? She
15:15
wants to go outside.
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I don't have sat sounds.
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It looks like all the checks are checked
15:31
out. We got 16 minutes left.
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Okay, guys. This is the final countdown.
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3 minutes. Mom is tired of the holding.
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What now? What happened?
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Okay, the launch is uh they reset the
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clock. Our son says they have a 2hour
15:53
window to watch. He's at uh Blue Origin.
15:56
So,
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Alabama.
15:57
In Alabama. They're ready to celebrate.
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Texting back and forth. Getting the
16:01
news. It's already
16:04
stopped the clock.
16:05
But we're going to go have a little
16:07
outdoor refreshment as we wait.
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I mean, I'm just talking to herself.
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Bella needs to go outside and she's not
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having it. She's getting very frisky.
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Pumping the blanket. Yeah. Eating toes.
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All that good stuff.
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Come on, B. Go outside.
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No.
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Yeah. Take out that trash, too.
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Yeah. It's stinking.
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And this is We're not that nasty. This
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is our trash from Provision. So, we just
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got everything packed up, and this is
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going to the dumpster.
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Okay. Go outside. Go outside.
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Okay, so we're out here on the deck and
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my baby's sitting over there. We're just
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listening to the
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space launch.
16:59
Yeah,
17:00
new gland.
17:01
Our son's real excited about this, but
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it's been three days.
17:06
It's like
17:08
they're all getting very anxious.
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Oh, yeah. And we were getting anxious,
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too. This is
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My view is of course my babe. So that's
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the best view.
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Okay, this is uh from what our son says
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is the last attempt of uh launching
17:25
today. But he worked on the gold fins
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which are for stabilization and lift and
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uh especially used during the uh return
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of the booster to the uh landing pad
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which they're landing out on sea. So
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it'll be interesting. I I really hope
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they recover this uh this booster.
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Okay, guys. So, we have four minutes.
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Let's see if we're going to go. Last
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time they stopped it. What are you
17:54
thinking, babe?
18:01
Okay, guys. We're 3 minutes till launch.
18:04
We're going to launch his
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That's what our son works on now.
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Right there. 3.85 million pound of
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thrust coming seconds to a flight level.
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Here we go. 20 seconds. Oh, this is the
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closest we've been
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autopilot enabled.
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Oh, 11.
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Yeah, it's going, baby. 4 3 2 1
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Oh, there it goes.
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Oh, there he goes.
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What are you thinking, baby?
18:51
That is pretty awesome, huh?
18:56
Oh, look at that. Yeah.
19:02
Guys, that rocket's getting it, man.
19:05
Okay, Nolan's uh stage now it's
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completed and now it's on second stage.
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This is awesome, guys.
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My babe, she's over there just crying.
19:20
I don't know why.
19:28
And there's the view. It's way up there.
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Okay, so our son, he's waiting on the
19:34
landing. He They were like, "F yeah,
19:37
man.
19:39
There's his mama."
19:43
And there's his puppy up there. You
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still have your puppy, Nolan?
19:47
All right. At 9 minutes is when we're
19:51
Okay, so we have 9 minutes to see if the
19:53
second stage recovers and lands
19:55
correctly. so far.
19:57
And this would be awesome.
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Mission first time to land. They already
20:01
separated. Yeah, they've already
20:03
separated, babe. This is the landing.
20:05
So, this is
20:06
the rocket's gone.
20:07
Yeah, the rocket's gone. This is the
20:09
landing where they're coming in and
20:11
they're actually landing the rocket.
20:14
So, they're landing the booster. So,
20:16
we'll I hope this is very successful.
20:21
All three engines.
20:22
There's the the booster coming in right
20:24
there.
20:25
What happens next? We have had a good
20:27
day. This is further than we made it on
20:29
the barge. This is a great success.
20:33
Yeah, my babe is happy.
20:36
Okay, it's coming in.
20:40
Yeah, I know you can watch this on
20:41
better video, but
20:44
this is us watching it real time.
20:50
Oh my god, it's coming back so fast.
20:52
Okay,
20:54
there it goes. There it goes. There it
20:55
goes.
20:57
Hold on to it.
20:58
There it goes.
21:00
It's coming through the clouds.
21:06
Oh yeah.
21:08
Where's the barge?
21:10
Oh yeah. I don't see it.
21:12
Where's the barge?
21:17
There it is. Wait. No. No.
21:18
There it is.
21:20
Yeah. We're We're on
21:24
doing? What's it doing?
21:28
Here it comes.
21:31
That looks weird.
21:36
That's That's touchdown, babe. Oh,
21:38
that's touchdown. Yeah, that's on the
21:40
barge.
21:42
Holy crap.
21:43
Oh my god.
21:44
Holy crap. Holy crap.
21:47
Holy crap. Look at Look at Look at the
21:51
proud mom right there.
21:53
Look. I know.
21:55
That freaking barge.
21:56
It's on the barge.
21:59
Oh my gosh.
22:02
Holy moly.
22:04
Now she's texting our son.
22:06
I know. They are just like,
22:09
"Yeah, it's a beer party after this."
22:11
They already said um
22:14
they're going to some kind of brewery.
22:19
Yeah, there's uh let's see. That's home
22:22
on the ground. I don't know which one he
22:24
cuz our son was in Space Coast, now he's
22:27
in Alabama.
22:29
That's awesome.
22:31
Okay, guys, that is awesome. Our son, he
22:34
said he spent a lot of time on landing
22:36
systems and he's just like ecstatic now.
22:42
Yeah, they're having parties now.
22:44
Oh, yeah.
22:48
Okay, guys. So, we're going to end the
22:50
video here,
22:51
but this is awesome. I know that the
22:54
there's still the they still going to
22:56
launch the satellites, but the thing we
22:58
were wanting to watch is done. Our son
23:01
says that's going on his resume with the
23:03
video.
23:10
We've been there emotionally
23:15
for the last year in this project. So,
23:18
it's just been it's kind of like, you
23:20
know, to see
23:22
it actually launch and do all that was
23:25
just really awesome.
23:27
It's been a year,
23:30
you know, talking him talking about it.
23:33
We don't know what the heck he's talking
23:34
about. I know what he's talking about.
23:38
So, he's so excited.
23:41
Our both our boys, we're so proud of
23:44
both our boys and what they're doing.
23:46
Okay, we're getting on
23:48
moments here. Everybody's proud of their
23:50
kids. I know.
23:51
It's just awesome when you get to watch
23:53
your um adult children do things that
23:56
are so significant and
24:00
explain how really encapsulates
24:04
starting again.
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Like, subscribe and we are going to go
24:09
celebrate.

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