In case you can't picture what this event looks like, here are a couple photos from the air:
This one is a shot of a small portion of the exhibit area.
This is one of many, many parking lots. There are several areas this size full of campers, too!One of the highlights of the week was Jon receiving an award for the plane. He received a "Bronze Lindy" for Best in Class of the vintage airplanes of his "type". He could totally explain it better. Maybe one of these days I'll get him to contribute here. In the meantime, here's a photo:
Molly was thrilled to join him on stage!
One night we hit the town and found this really cute drive in that reminded me of "The Spot" in Kenosha, Wisconsin where I spent my early youth.
Here's "The Spot"
And here's Ardy and Ed's in Oshkosh
It's super cute with orange building. And I love the retro star on the sign!
The kids had a blast sitting on top of the car. They ate their meal up there!
The trays that hook on to the window were just like the ones at the spot. Of course, we had to have Root Beer! Molly got the cutest little tiny mug you've ever seen.
The kids made friends with all the servers (who were on roller skates, btw) by the end of our dinner! It was really a fun time!
Soon we were back on our way home to Dallas. We were ready to get home.
The kids were pretty tuckered out....
We stopped in Milwaukee, where we put Lucy on a commercial flight to Salt Lake City for EFY (a summer church camp at BYU). Then we continued south along Lake Michigan right past Kenosha and then Chicago. It was pretty fun to see the city from the air.
The flight back was great, and we arrived home ready to move out of the house and into the hangar! Our new house was not ready yet - surprise, surprise!
