The Aerospace Museum

For Brandt's birthday, Grandma Dawn and Poppa Scott wanted us to take a trip to the Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base.  They brought Brandt a really cool book of lots of different planes, and then thought going to see them for real would be real fun.  The week we were planning on going is the week my dad died, so our trip was put on hold.  We finally made it last Friday, nearly two months after Brandt's birthday.

The museum is fantastic.  There are two huge buildings full of planes, uniforms, and other bits of equipment, plus many really large planes outside.  It was all fascinating.  Poppa Scott knows a lot (and I mean a lot!) about all the different plans on display, so he told us all sorts of interesting facts about the things we were seeing.  Although Brandt ran around with Kent, he walked around with Scott quite a bit too, seeing everything Poppa had to show him.  We saw the planes that both my grandfathers flew during World War II, got to pick something from the gift shop, and enjoyed a tasty picnic lunch in the shade of an enormous plane.  It was a great activity.  Thanks Poppa and Grandma!

The Flying Fortress.

Grandpa Hare flew one of these.

And a P-51 Mustang.

Grandpa DeMartini flew one of these.

Here is Poppa Scott showing Brandt something cool.

It is the plane below, the fastest jet ever built. 

Blythe and Grandma Dawn.

Brandt liked the small models.

He wanted to bring one home.

He thought this very large gun with the very large ammo was pretty sweet as well.

Scott, Brandt, Kent holding Blythe, Dawn holding McKenna, and me.

Poppa Scott showing Brandt the fastest plane.

And Brandt flying.

Dawn is helping Blythe and Brandt flatten a penny.

Baby McKenna.

Blythe helpfully feeding McKenna pea mush.

She did a really good job.

Poppa Scott trying to teach Blythe how to yoyo. 

She wasn't very good.