1. August 19th is National Aviation Day...do you like to fly? Last time you were on an airplane? The date is chosen in honor of the history and development of aviation and celebrated on the birthday of Orville Wright. Have you ever been to the Kitty Hawk area of North Carolina? The city of Dayton in Ohio (their birthplace).
Interesting! I was just on a plane last month - after 2 days worth of delays - ugh!
I prefer to remember back in 1995 when I flew to and from the aircraft carrier I was stationed on in a C-2 Cargo plane and also a CH-53E helicopter. At another point, I flew on a C-5 cargo plane - which is one that still amazes me can get off the ground! I've attached a couple links from the 2015 A to Z Challenge with the stories that go along with them.
Me & the family went to Kitty Hawk back in 2015 on the way to a reunion in Virginia Beach. The Spouse is fascinated with planes so we went to see where the Wright Bro's first flight took place. We also went to Kill Devil Hills to see the home of the monster truck GraveDigger. Super cool. We also went to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC on that trip.
Me & the family went to Kitty Hawk back in 2015 on the way to a reunion in Virginia Beach. The Spouse is fascinated with planes so we went to see where the Wright Bro's first flight took place. We also went to Kill Devil Hills to see the home of the monster truck GraveDigger. Super cool. We also went to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC on that trip.
My brother lives in Dayton, and so we've been to the museums at Wright-Pat Air Force Base to see all the cool planes there, too.
2. In what area of your life do you tend to 'wing it'? Is this an area you should be winging?
2. In what area of your life do you tend to 'wing it'? Is this an area you should be winging?
I second the dinner thing! It would be a lot easier if it was just me & the Spouse - he's not picky so he'd probably eat just about anything I put in front of him. It's the 3+ younger inhabitants of my home that are the problem. Needless to say, we don't eat as healthy as we should.
3. A favorite book, song, or movie that relates to flight in some way?
3. A favorite book, song, or movie that relates to flight in some way?
I have to go with the obvious movies. Top Gun & Top Gun 2. I've never enjoyed a part 2 of a movie until this one - it was the exact story line I was hoping for, and then some.
4. Soft serve, gelato, sherbet, frozen yogurt, or good old fashioned ice cream...what's your pleasure? Your favorite flavor? How often do you indulge?
4. Soft serve, gelato, sherbet, frozen yogurt, or good old fashioned ice cream...what's your pleasure? Your favorite flavor? How often do you indulge?
Soft Serve / Old Fashioned Ice Cream. I'm happy with a chocolate / vanilla twist dipped in nuts. Or a hot fudge sundae. There are a lot of flavors that I like in the scoops. I indulge probably once a month or so.
5. I never get tired of______________________.
5. I never get tired of______________________.
Among many things - this tree!
I took this on my way into work this morning.
According to Chuck the Skeleton, it's pumpkin spice time!!
Last week was Baseball Camp for the Grandson. I got home Monday and he met me at the car to show me his cool new bright orange wrist bands. Didn't realize until Thursday that he earned them for impressing his coaches during whatever skills they were learning that day! Only 1 kid per age group got the wrist bands each day!
I went Thursday with the Spawn to pick him up so I got to see the whole set up. They were at the Wayne State University athletic fields in Detroit, so I had to get a pic of him in front of the Old English D!
He looks so grown up!
He was looking all around the stands, trying to find us - and once he did, his whole face lit up!
There were 4 camps going on simultaneously around SE Michigan last week - and Friday they ALL congregated at Comerica Park where the Detroit Tigers play. I worked from home to watch the granddaughter so the Spawn could go with the boy. She said there were several hundred kids all wearing their little gray Tigers uniforms and if she hadn't recognized his coaches, she never would have found him!
They got to tour the stadium and work on some skills on the field and meet a couple of the Tigers players.
When they got home - the Spawn announced that we have to go back. And showed me a picture she took of the grandson in front of the huge Tiger outside the main gate - it was pouring down rain!
Before reading this post, I was over on your other blog - love the Halloween decor!! I forgot all about Top Gun -- good movies (both)!!
ReplyDeleteI love all the baseball fun! I enjoy the sport and my two grandsons are playing and loving it too. The heat could take it down a notch but we're all surviving. I think Maverick is one of the very few sequels, maybe the only one in fact, that I liked better than the original. Which I also loved. We know we're going to a Halloween party this year and I'm determined to come up with a costume before the last minute. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteOh I love the young baseball players - so cute. I enjoyed when my boy's played baseball.
ReplyDeleteUgh! The 2 days of delays don't sound like much fun! It sounds like you have had some interesting times on planes.
ReplyDeleteAhh! My fella is the same, he would eat anything I put in front of him, my two girls are the pickier ones in this house.
I am counting down the days until everything Pumpkin Spice is sold here again.
Well done to your Grandson with the baseball!