My first was actually in my home, ahead of Dovster's
3rd FLL-PBI DO. I'm trying to remember who was there...Mikey1003 and Mrs. Mikey1003 (miss them! come back!!) OZstamps and Margo and MileageAddict (who I also haven't seen in a while). Unfortunately, the shuttle launch that night was scrubbed, but we enjoyed some great OZ bubbly nonetheless.
The next day at Dov's DO in Boca Raton, we all got to see the shuttle go up. Amazing how you could still see that sucker so clearly from 300 miles away.
That's also the night I met Cordelli. He was an instant friend as we had a lot in common. RIP