SpaceX and the Wolf Moon

Mystery solved!  In Tuesday's post, I mentioned that we had seen an unusual-looking ship coming out of the Beaufort Inlet while we were hiking at Fort Macon.  Martha had suggested that the large net stretched overhead might have been to prevent birds from landing on deck.

She discovered from an on-line article that this was in fact a "SpaceX-affiliated ship" visited the area for the first time since November, following a rocket-part recovery mission.  SpaceX is a commercial space company that, according to the article, "popularized the concept of reusing expensive rocket parts."  The ship catches "fairings," which are the part of the rocket that guards the payload during the launch process.  "As the fairings fall back to Earth, the ship assigned to retrieve it tracks it in an attempt to catch it in a net."  Little did we know that we were sighting such a space-era ship!  There we were thinking it was some kind of fishing boat, which I guess it was, in a sense.

This morning I attended Jenn Melton's yoga class, the same one Martha had attended last Saturday.  I was not the only man present, nor was I the only tall man - Jerry (standing to the left of me) was 6'-7".  Jenn is a very relaxed instructor who tells everyone, "This is your practice!  If you just want to hang out in some other position for awhile, that's fine!"  We both had a good workout, and I was covered in sweat very shortly.  But my left shoulder, right knee, and hernia-surgery made me use caution with some of the positions Jenn suggested.

Yoga is wonderful for stretching and finding balance, something that most runners need.  And as with every yoga class I have ever attended, I ended the class feeling peaceful and relaxed.  It was a good way to start the day.

In the afternoon, we drove over to see a movie at the Beaufort Picture Show, a non-profit recently formed to show very good movies in the area.  The venue is a small one - forty chairs set up in a tiny space - but the organizers were friendly and the movies are good.  We saw Peanut Butter Falcon, which we had wanted to see for some time but had missed when it was showing in Highlands.

So it was another interesting day here in Atlantic Beach.  Tonight the clouds are rolling in and heavy rain and wind are predicted after midnight, so we moved the chairs and table in from the deck.  But last night we had a good view of the Full Wolf Moon, for just a brief minute or two, peaking out from between the clouds over the condo.