Pogwatigue Perambulations: Atlantis Launch

Pogwatigue Perambulations

Pogwatigue: A Pottawatomie word meaning 'running water.' Early settlers chose this word as the original name for my hometown, Niles, Michigan.

Perambulation: roam, stroll, inspection of an area on foot.

My intent for this blog is to catalog my various local, regional, national, and perhaps someday international explorations. Originally, I found the blog a good vehicle to publish Google maps on the internet and all my initial posts have such a map embedded, but I don't limit myself to that genre. Almost all the posts will have a personal, geographic element. For the title, I chose Pogwatigue due to its ties to my roots roots and perambulations as a fancy, alliterative word to describe the content.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Atlantis Launch

As I mentioned in my post just after the final space shuttle launch, despite my intentions to do otherwise, I broke down and snapped a few pictures of the actual launch with my digital camera. Here are a couple of those shots along with some taken before and after the main event.