Famed Portland, retailer Tom Peterson, used to knock on your TV screen and shout, " HEY WAKE UP! WAKE UP. " Tuesday I'll be saying the samething. Wake Up Everbody, Wake Up! Not for a sale at Tom & Gloria's store, but for something I think even better!

The International Space Station and Space Shuttle will pass directly over Portland, early Tuesday morning. In Central & Eastern Oregon the view will be spectacular. Locally if fog stays out of Portland & The Willamette Valley the fly by will be one of the best views in recent memory.

My suggestion, grab a cup of coffee, head for the backyard before you head off to work and the kids head to school. If you miss Tuesday's fly over Wednesday will bring another chance of seeing Shuttle Discovery & the ISS passing overhead. I've Included a link to the NASA website that shows Wednesday's fly by. The link will also let you see time and locations of space station fly bys if you're not in the Portland Metro area.

Oh one more thing as since I started this blog entry quoting Tom Peterson, I'll finish it by saying viewing the shuttle and ISS is free! And free is a very good price!

Dave

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_States®ion=Oregon&city=Portland