Airshow @ Andrews

Last Friday we went to an airshow at Andrews AFB in Maryland. (This is where George will be working in August) We left our house around 8:30 and dropped BJ off at the Vet for boarding. We were going to New Jersey after the airshow. George has said we need to get a closer vet ours is a 30 minute drive south. He's probably right.

It took at least an hour to get on base and find a parking spot. Lots of reserved parking but hard to find the general parking we needed. I asked George if he was going to important enough next year when he is working at the base to get us a reserved parking sticker. He just looked at me and laughed. I guess that's a no. Once we found parking we had a small trek to the shuttle buses that would take us to the other side of the base and drop us off for the show. Of course there was a sign at the shuttle bus stop that said NO drinks and NO food allowed on the buses. Nice to know before you have packed everything neatly in the backpack and locked the car 1/2 a mile away. See you in a little bit honey:0) Once George made it back it was easy sailing(flying?).

We toured a few planes and paid $40 for a lunch we ate while sitting on the runway waiting for the Thunderbirds. Jakob wasn't real enthusiastic about the show until we were watching one plane come from the left and he realized there was another plane coming from the right and they almost crashed into each other. He thought this was the greatest show ever!! "Did you see that daddy? They were flying right at each other. Did you see what they did daddy?"

After the show we saw a few more planes, helicopters, tanks and really big machines. About 4 PM we were in the car and ready to drive to New Jersey for Jakob's first sleepover and George's 20 YR Reunion.