Travis Air Expo 2011-Sunday

On the third and and final day of the Air Expo the kiddos, Grandparents and I ventured down on the bus early on Sunday morning. We got there early so that we could beat some of the walk through display traffic and hit just about all the displays we wanted to see without too much of a headache.

We spent most of our time in and around "daddy's" plane and got some good photos with everyone.

For those that haven't seen the KC10 in action here are a series of photos I was able to get:

With boom extended.

 

Wheels out from front

Wheels out from side

J also got to sit in the pilot seat of the 130 that came from the MN Air Guard.

Inside the C21

Outside the T1-Which was from Laughlin--so J probably has flown in this one.

Looking at a fighter.

How J spent his airshow days...working and talking to the performers and workers.

Kiddos with their best buds...while I was working out booster/spouse booth.

Waiting for the Thunderbirds to start!

Gma and N riding the free train.

The Thunderbirds last flight of the Expo. What a great experience, everyone had a great time...even with being windburned.

Travis Air Expo 2011-Saturday

So Saturday was the official start to the Air Expo. I was able to go down alone to help a friend out and decided to spend the whole day watching the show without kids...kind of a treat to have that time. I was also able to meet up and watch the show with a friend from MN that now lives in CA as well.

The B2 flyover.

The announcer stand.

And again the Thunderbirds wowed us with their performance.

2011 Travis AFB Air Expo-Friday Practice

This past weekend we were busy doing various things with the Travis Air Expo. J had a big job and has been working for months getting his portion of responsibility taken care of. It was exciting for all of us to finally see all of his work come together and watch a wonderful show and and tour some of the displays. We got to take a sneak peek on Friday as they did a practice run through--and avoided the crazy crowds.

J too busy to stop and talk, driving a pretty cool cart!

Front row seats to watching the prep of the Thunderbirds.

Air Force Academy Paratroopers.

The c130 that they jumped out of.

M and N sitting inside the cockpit of the T37, aka "Tweet". J's class was one of the last classes to fly the trainer at Laughlin. J was actually taking his fini flight the day I started having contractions with M.

By going on Friday we also got front row seats to the Thunderbirds practice.

Thunderbird taking off.

California Farmers Market

On the way back from the Sutter Gold Mine we stopped by one of the many Farmers Markets you can find in Ca. Some are permanent stands open year around and some are really just a guy selling out of the back of his truck. The one we chose to go to was a well established one that had a little of everything that is in season and also had wagons full of sweet corn.

We ended up getting a big sack of sweet corn, watermelon, and a honey dew. Everything was delicious!