The Offutt Air Show

We headed north Friday, Ken had read in his AAA book about Council Bluffs Railroad Museums so we checked them out before checking in our motel in Bellevue, NE.

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln created Union Pacific Railroad, and directed Union Pacific and Central Pacific to construct America's first transcontinental railroad from Council Bluffs, IA to Sacramento, CA. The route was completed in 1869.

The Union Pacific Railroad Museum is filled with information, photos, artifacts and it is free.We checked into the Rodeway Motel and low and behold we hear this roar, the Blue Angels were practicing over head, awesome!

Sat. we catch the shuttle out to Offutt Air Force base, we spend the day til 5:30 on our feet watching and walking thru some of planes and just trying to seeing everything.

Time to catch the shuttle back, lines are long and we stand for another hour and a half waiting to get on our shuttle....

but it was worth it, the show was none stop with WWII Japanese Zero and P-51 fighting demonstration complete with pyrotechnics, Cargo plane heritage flight, P-51 Heritage flight, F-16 Viper, B-2 Spirit flyover, MiG 17-F, A-26b Invader, U.S. Army Golden Knights, several stunt flyer's and of course the Blue Angels.
There was just too much to watch and see.
Sunday, we caught the first shuttle over to set up our chairs in the front so we could see what we missed Sat. We ended up sitting next to a photographer who used to work for an Air Show trade magazine, so he and Ken had a good visit.



The line for the shuttle Sunday was longer but they added more buses so we waited only an hour to get on the shuttle. We then headed home.
We had a great time.

Click on my collages to enlarge to see some of the photos I took.

I took over 400 and Ken took over 1200, digital cameras are great.

Weekend Trip

This butterfly is trying to stay dry.

It doesn't feel like August, feels like October.

I'll have to dig out my jeans, long sleeves and a sweater.

We are heading north to see an airshow in Omaha.

Have a good weekend.

? Caterpillar ???

Saw this caterpillar on my walk today,

have never seen one like it.

Does anyway know what it is?

I looked through my books, closest is maybe a hairstreak.Tigger being coy
Finished sewing up a silk blouse
it's fitted, so it's tight.


It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled,
but it is a calamity not to dream.
Benjamin Mays

back to airshow

We watched K.C. Airshow from the cheap seats today (free)

up on the hill over looking the airport.

You'll have to click to enlarge to see the red plane in this pic, it is a Soviet Mig
here's an F-16

here's an interested spectator

Other spectators

many with picnic baskets (the smart ones)

and a T-6 Texan WWII trainer over the city.

It was hard for me to get photos today, they were further away.

Remember, I'm using a point and shoot but it is nice to have the city as a background.

Trails West Festival

Sat. we tried something new, went up to St. Joe's Trails West Festival.

It's held in a beautiful park setting downtown.

There was lots of food.Some art

some crafts

a large area for kids to have fun

entertainment of all sorts

(I even got my certificate in organ grinding)

great music

(this is Flannigan's Right Hook)

we enjoyed them so much we took in both of their shows

we watched country star Heidi Newfield warm up

for her 8 pm concert
(we didn't stay for it)

St. Joe has some really beautiful old homes and churches

We need to go back and do a museum tour one of these days.

Airshow

Spent the day watching the planes practise for

this weekends airshow.Beautiful day, here are a few photos.

Going up

Upside down

Criss Crossing

Formation

Harrier hovering

Oh What a Beautiful Day

The sun was out and temp around 60 degrees this am.Perfect temp to go for a morning walk
and an afternoon visit to a nature center

where this Satyr was taking a sun bath

and the frogs enjoying the sun, too

back at home a hairstreak enjoys some sedum nector.

I also finished my jacket and pants this morning, have my vest to make now.

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon;

to me those have always been the two most beautiful

words in the English language.

Henry James