Our big sky adventure!

I finally got around to uploading some pictures from an adventure we had a few weekends ago. It was very much an unplanned adventure, which made it all the more exciting. On our way to a nursery near the outskirts of town with our friend SB, we happened to drive along a road on the perimeter of the airport. We noticed some cars parked along the fence, right next to the runway where the airplanes land. There were people standing around waiting for the planes to come in.

Later on, when we were driving back along that road, we decided to stop and watch too. After what seemed like forever, we saw a plane coming towards us. The tiny dot in the sky got bigger and bigger until finally.....Zooom.....it flew right over our heads. What an adrenaline rush! The plane seemed to narrowly miss touching our heads. The loud engine noise roared through our ears. The smell of jet fuel stung our noses. It was, quite simply, awesome!

This picture I took doesn't do it justice.



Then, within a few minutes, we watched two more planes land. We are definitely going back. But next time we're going to watch from inside the car to bring the noise level down a few decibels.

When we asked baby boy what he thought of the whole experience, he said "Airplanes too loud!"

But the sky adventure didn't end there. As we were driving home, we noticed a hot air balloon was about to launch from a field near the side of the road. So we pulled over to watch. Baby boy, who LOVES hot air balloons, was absolutely glued to the scene. We watched the balloon get bigger and bigger. And then, some people jumped into the basket right before it lifted off the ground.

I'm sure glad I had my camera with me!