There aren’t many people here at the RV Park.
Except in the section for SpaceX workers.
There are a lot of them here at the Tropical Trails RV Park, maybe a hundred. SpaceX has ramped up activity at Boca Chica and we’re within a 30 minute commuting distance.
There are three points marked on the map: The RV Park where we’re staying, the SpaceX Launch Facility, and the Whataburger on South Padre Island. While enjoying an evening of fine dining on the island, we heard a rumbling. It sounded like a heavy jet taking off, but there isn’t an airport on the island. I thought maybe a big helicopter right overhead. The sound didn’t pass by, it just kept roaring. I got up and looked outside. The wind was blowing. Our window was shaking. We thought maybe the whole building was shaking from the wind. We were wrong, we found out later. We were feeling the Space X rocket launch, eighteen miles due south. Cool.