The Blue Angels

We had a special treat while we were in Florida last month. Chris was doing a Family Practice residency which he really enjoyed. One day, they had arranged for the medical students to shadow a flight surgeon (flight surgery training is based out of Pensacola), and to watch a practice for the Blue Angels Air Show. Grant and I were invited to come along, as well. We headed over to the stadium where the practice usually takes place along with the throngs of other people. We had been instructed to go to Air Wing 6, and after searching for it, we finally asked a lady who was directing people where to go where we needed to be. She didn't know where Air Wing 6 was and finally said she thought it was over in Sherman's Field for VIP seating. Well...we drove over to Sherman's Field and found Air Wing 6. It was the private hangar for the Blue Angels. We were in VIP seating along with only about 15-20 other people. As we walked in the gate, the planes were all lined up, the pilots were preparing for take-off, and we felt very cool! The show was awesome! It was very loud, though, and even though it was 8:00 in the morning, it was already nearly 100 degrees, so Grant was anything but happy. He fussed around the whole time. At the end of the show, the pilots disembarked their planes and Chris was escorted up to meet them. I could have gone, too, but since Grant was so fussy, I just took him home instead (only to find a cockroach climbing up the wall!). The rest of the day, Chris followed around a flight surgeon and was very intrigued. Though he's thought about it before, he hasn't considered it seriously until now. So we're currently contemplating that path. We'll see...