Ever Seen A Launch Live?

My wife and I have seen one every time we have vacationed in Cocoa Beach. Really cool to watch all the people on the beach standing and waiting for the liftoff, then it is like a second sun going up. They are really bright and then the rumble starts. Last time down in December we got to watch the booster try to land, it kind of missed it's spot and landed in the ocean. The one thing that really amazes me is if you have real sharp eyesight, you can see the rocket until it's in orbit and shuts down. The reason I know that one is the last time the wife was watching on tv while I watched the rocket and when the tv showed orbit insertion that is when I lost site of it.

Jack