It has been 4 years since our last air show, so when we heard the Blue Angels were in town, we knew we needed to be there!!! The boys loved the last air show we went to, and they were only 1 and 3!! We thought Mason and Luke would like to join us too, so they came along! We had to park quite a ways away and catch a shuttle bus to the Charles B. Wheeler airport. I kept thinking to myself- this is great now, but I don't think it'll be so easy when its time to leave (more on that later!).
Once we entered the crowded gates, there was a lot to see. There were also a lot of people wanting to see the same thing. The static displays were ok- not alot of cool aircraft, but a few. We got to see a T-6 that was from Vance, so that was neat! Otherwise, the boys really could care less about the displays. They wanted food, shade, and to see the Blue Angels- all of which were hard to find! While it was a cool event- I have to say it was not managed well at all. There was a good 2 hours where there was nothing flying at all. For an air show, that's pretty bad! Plus, trying to entertain 4 kids with only two chairs to sit on in the hot hot sun when bottles of water were $3/each was HARD!! We took turns sitting on the chairs and then going to sit under the old TWA plane on display for some shade. Back and forth. Back and forth. We spent a good 2-3 hours doing that while we waited for the Blue Angels. When they finally did come on, it turned out we had the best seats!! Front and center right where they did a lot of their tricks. They always put on such an amazing show- just amazing to see them fly in such unison formation!!! So awesome!!!
And then things got really bad- I knew getting to the air show would be easy since there was such a large window of time for people to show up. But when the Blue Angels were done, the air show was over and every single person inside the airport had to hop on a shuttle bus to get back to their car. It was a recipe for disaster!! It took us an hour just to even get on a bus to get back to the car!! Luckily the boys were soooooo good and soooo patient! I couldn't have been happier with them! I think they learned a life lesson on how horribly people can behave and it was a not a pretty sight to watch!!
So all in all- yes it was cool because a chance to see the Blue Angels should never be missed, but it definitely came at a cost!!! I was proud of the boys for hanging in there during the boring times and the hot hot heat!! Nothing a little Freddy's and night swimming couldn't fix!!
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Well you conquered 2 hard things, Hot and waiting, and ended it smiles and a good time, so it sounds like a win to me! ;)) UGH on the parking, shuttle mess, but how wonderful to see your boys handle themselves so well when others were behaving badly. That always makes you feel good and say prayers of thanksgiving. :)
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