Miramar Airshow 2009

Off to the airshow, sounds simple enough! Leave the house 1 1/2 hours early to see the Blue Angles fly, kids are excited and so were we until we got on the highway. See MCAS Miramar is only 7 miles up the highway from us, so in theory it should take about 15 minutes to get there. I figured with airshow traffic maybe 45 minutes tops. WRONG WRONG WRONG we were sitting in traffic for over THREE hours! We did get to see the blue angles out the windows of the van, kind of. The kids were excellent they were quite and ate there snacks. By the time we parked they were both asleep. Erica and I got to have our lunch watching all the people trying to leave getting madder and madder, even yelling at the volunteer Marines directing traffic.

Out of the van and off to the show, well kind of! Since there was so much traffic and no one was moving neither were the shuttles to the gate of the show. So we took a little walk, only about 2 1/2 miles! By the time we got through security and entered the show it had been over 4 hours since we left our house! The show was a blast though we walked around and saw the static displays and pulled up a nice piece of tarmac an watched the Ariel shows. Nick's favorite were the fireworks and the wall of fire at the very end.

The next morning Nick woke up and was so excited about the show that he would not stop talking about it. So I decided we'd go again. Connor and Erica stayed at home while Nick and I headed out. There was no traffic this time, no problems parking and no angry people. We walked around for almost two hours going from display to display, Nick climbed around countless helicopters, planes, and even a tank or two. We saw Navy Divers in a tank, Nick even saw an EOD robot, and a really loud jet truck blasting down the flight line. Nick and I had a great time.

Hope you all enjoy the pictures.