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I grew up in Orlando. Launches were kind of the humdrum background of life there.
Rockets in Orlando head east almost immediately. After a few minutes, they're out of sight.
I now live in San Diego, considerably farther from Vandenberg Space Force [still weird sounding] Base than Orlando is from Kennedy Space Center.
But Vandenberg was built for polar orbits: they send the rockets down the coast. Very nice. And the cadence is getting quite frequent.
I'm not a serious photographer (but I have some decent equipment I bought to capture my son's volleyball team (UCVolley.com)).
Here are some videos I took from my back patio:
In 2021, I was getting antsy to see an in-person launch again. In the only solo vacation I've taken since my single days, I flew to Brownsville, TX, to see a Starship launch.
Here's that story: Starship SN11: In-person