July 21 -2015 - EAA - Day 2

This morning was one of those mornings when I kept forgetting where I put things or forgetting things in general. George cooked eggs for breakfast, chai for him and coffee for me. When we were getting ready to leave for the convention grounds I couldn't find my little green purse. It has my credit cards, drivers license, some cash, insurance card, AAA card, FMCA card among other things. Of course I was convinced I left it at a concession stand yesterday at the air show. Of course panic was setting in since I am in Wisconsin. After searching the whole RV George found it in my computer bag which sort of makes sense as I was revising the Today's Shopper Ad for Peddlers Warehouse. I probably thought it was a nice safe place. So now we are ready to go??? I changed everything in my black wallet has if fit in my pocket better. That's when I realized the credit card was missing and it wasn't in my wallet nor my green purse. Apparently I had just placed it loose in my flower pocketbook. Then we left or should I say, George was waiting for me outside. I put my camera on and had my wallet and realized cell phone was still on counter. Then I went out and licked the door and looked at George realizing my hat was still inside. So unlocked door and said I'm back to the dogs. Grabbed hat and went to lock the door and the keys were still inside!!!

Finally I had everything and went down to the bus stop. We sat on the bench to wait like 20 others. Three buses went by and did not stop as they were full. So George suggested taking the scooters to the main gate. However my scooter was dead so he plugged it in to charge, so we had to go by bus after all. When we arrived at the convention grounds we toured the A350 Tour Bus which is one extra extra jumbo sized plane with all the bells & whistles. We also went to the Garmin tent which consisted of mostly GPS for planes but they did have ones for the ground. We were eyeing one that we could set the size of our vehicle since our Rand NcNally one for RVs croaked. We also looked at some other planes as well as exhibits. We decided to go to this Brat store which had 15 different varieties. We chose 4 different ones: Blue cheese & ?; onion & garlic; bacon; & Wisconsin. George grilled up the blue cheese one for himself and the bacon one for me for lunch. After lunch we went back to the convention on our scooters. Half way my scooter had lost its charge and I was moving extra slow. Half way there my scooter quit working, so George started back on his to get the MDX. I called him on the phone to tell him it was working again. So he came back to where I was on his scooter. We made it all the way to the gate and we locked the scooters to each other. We had our fold up chairs too and walked over where the air show was. Today we were in a different location along the runway. Yesterday's location was better. The highlight for me was F22's (two of them) climbing and the swooping down so loud but so cool! Years ago before we were married we went to McGuire AFB's air show. We were there all day touring the different planes and watching the show. George decided he wanted to beat the traffic and we left before the Thunderbirds performed. That is why I wanted to go in the first place! To say the least, I have been lamenting about it ever since. On the way back my scooter started to slow down to the point that I had to use my legs to propel myself. Since I knew the way back to the RV I took George's scooter back to the RV to get the MDX so I could go pick up George and my scooter. Crazy is what crazy does! It was a MAD HOUSE with people, bikes, motorcycles, scooters all sizes, cars, trucks and RV's cutting in and out, plus the school bus trams. One father and son darted out in front of me and a lady coming the opposite direction. The father made it across but the kid came within an inch of his life getting hit by the golf cart! When we finally got back to the RV we both had wine coolers and watched several planes & jets doing acrobatic maneuvers. We also saw a Goodyear Blimp.