Retired ~~ Foot-Loose, Fancy-Free, and Flying High!

I kept Jaden today as has been my custom all school year. And now Richard is retired and home to enjoy the fun, so I should say "we" kept Jaden today. We were eating breakfast with Jaden at 7:30 when I got the hair-brained idea that we take Jaden out to NAS to see the Blue Angels practice at 8:30. We finished eating, got ready, and took off. Jaden put my visor on while riding in the car and we got a chuckle out of the new way of wearing it.


It was a fun morning out there ~~ sunny but with a deliciously cool breeze. They had a lot of old planes and helicopters out there on display. Jaden and Grandpa were able to walk through the Blue Angel's "Fat Albert" plane so that thrilled Jaden.

The BLUES put on a spectacular show as they practiced and there was a huge crowd of folks out there. We took our camper-chairs-in-a-bag and had front-row seats along the flight-line. Jaden loved the BLUES. He stayed interested the entire time and watched them intently. The noise didn't bother him so that was great.

At the conclusion of every practice, they have all of the children in attendance come out on the flight-line to wave American flags that they hand out. Jaden had fun doing that. Some of my pics and videos are posted here as a memorial of our impromptu fun on a retired day with Jaden in tow.