Flying high

California Capital Airshow 9/11

Maria, Aggie and Nicole went to Toogood Winery in Fairplay for the day.  Nate and I had the day to ourselves and after reading the morning paper decided we should go check out the air show.  I've never been to one.  Now I've seen the planes flying, but was never allowed to go on site before as it was too expensive.  Figured it would be a great way to entertain Nate and let him see some of the planes up close.

We did see better planes than this, but Nate likes being a ham for the camera.

I couldn't believe how small these helicopters were.  Looked like little remote control helicopters.

I'm sure it seemed bigger to Nate.

We ran into our neighbor at the show.

Nate on a jump seat. This plane was truly massive.

Here's Nate at the front of the plane pictured above.  The front and back open up, you could drive a tank through this thing.

Nate got to hop into some cockpits, last time he did that was on a United flight.

Nate liked the painting on the plane.

Of course there were planes in the air too.

Here's a U2 spy plane

They call this a stealth plane, but we all saw it.  Must not have been cloaking properly.

We even saw some rocket ships.  Nate's favorite part of the show was the bounce area.

Just before jumping and sliding down, he'd yell "Cannon Ball!"

Then he'd jump, catching air on the way down the slide.

Got to admit it looks like he's having a great time.  More than me standing around in the heat watching him play.  I wanted to watch more of the planes in action.

Nate standing at the front of the engine.  Glad it didn't get turned on, that would have really sucked.

More cockpit time for Nate.  Tried to tell him this is where our neighbor Tom works, flying all these planes.

Ready to run through another plane.

Time for a break.  The jet fighters were going by and it was loud.

Told Nate this is probably one of Tom's planes, since we know he fly's for fed-ex.

Nate getting his face painted.  Flag on one side and a plane on the other.

We're trying to get him to stop biting his nails, but aren't having great luck.

Robosaurus

Nate agreed to go to the air show because we were going to see Robosaurus in action.  This huge fire breathing robot dinosaur.  No schedule was posted, so we didn't know when it was going to happen.  It started and we were on the opposite side of the airfield.  By the time we ran over to it, it was almost over.  Barely got a photo or two.  Although I asked Nate why we were running towards the monster instead of away from it, he just said it was going to eat me up.

By the end of the day, we had spent about 5 hours there.  We had a great time, but Nate was hot and tired.  We drove home and were greeted by Logan, who along with Jake came over and swam for the next several hours.  Nate went to sleep at Aggie's that night and didn't even make it through stories he was so tired.