As much as I miss everyone in Utah and Virginia, I love living in Seattle! Last Saturday we got to see the Blue Angels perform. It was so cool! They come and do a show every year as part of the big event series, Seafair. This year we just watched the show from a neighborhood close to Lake Washington, but next year we plan on getting tickets to sit in the bleachers and see everything a little better. We could see pretty well, but I'm sure we missed some things with all the trees in the way. It's a really big event in the area and of course lots of people don't actually buy tickets and park close by. They have to shut down part of the interstate because so many people park there to watch the show.
We got really lucky this year with parking thanks to the kindness of strangers. We were driving around trying to find a spot when we decided to just take a spot that would leave our car hanging a little into someone's driveway. As I was trying to parallel, their neighbors across the street told us they weren't going anywhere and we could just park right in their driveway. It wasn't a big deal to them, but I thought it was really nice. They also told us a good spot to go watch it that was only a couple blocks away.
The show was awesome! This year it was especially cool to go since 2011 marks 100 years of naval aviation. Mike was so excited about everything. We both thought it was really cool how closely they fly together. They did lots of spirals and loops and flying upside down. Our favorite was probably when all six planes we're flying towards us in tight formation, and they simultaneously broke away in different directions. The whole show was sort of like a dance, but with airplanes. Mike couldn't believe what they could get their planes to do. I loved how the loud sound of the planes came just behind them as they flew by. Right after the show ended a couple of motorcycles drove by us and they seemed so quiet. I can't wait to go again next year!
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| Look at how close they are! |
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| They look like they're attached, but they're not! |
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| Close enough to see the colors! |
