A Long Overdue Visit...

from our grandson Shae! We had Shae fly (alone for the first time) from Baltimore, MD (he lives in Dover, DE with his dad) to Denver, CO where we picked him up. He has LOTS of flight miles but this was the first time by himself. He was able to fly on a non-stop flight and he did SUPER! He was a little afraid at first but this cute young girl sat next to him. She came up to me at the airport and identified herself. She was a speech therapist and told us how well behaved he had been! I’m sure he chatted up a storm during the entire flight! He was so excited to see me…and Grandpa! He had the biggest smile on his face when he saw me as he walked out of the airplane! I was very excited myself! I was amazed at how tall he had gotten! It’s been almost two years since we had seen him…that was the last time I took him and brought him home from Okinawa, Japan where he visited his mom. No more of that…Stacy and Korey have recently been stationed in Rapid City, SD!

Anyhow, we picked up Shae and returned to the motorhome. Visited for a short time and then it was time for bed! The next morning Shae was up bright and early and we packed up the motorhome and headed for Colorado Springs, CO where we met our friends, Dave & Marie Ostrander. Dave & Marie had graciously invited us to be their guests at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. It was a beautiful campground except we couldn’t get our satellite to work due to the many, many tall pine trees. After getting set-up there we set off for a tour of the base/academy. We took Shae to see some of the airplanes they have on display (every since he was little Shae has LOVED airplanes! With both his parents being in the air force…it was pretty natural!) We also took him to the museum and guest center they have and then walked to the chapel. The chapel looks like planes getting ready to take flight…except they head straight up! It was an awesome sight!

One of our first purchases was a baseball cap for Shae! Shae just turned 7 the previous Sunday and just before he left home, he got a Mohawk! We were afraid his shaved head would get sunburned! I think we all had a good time visiting the museum and finding out about the academy!