I’ve heard discussions about the upcoming Challenge Air events here in the Dallas area. It’s an awesome event in which pilots and airports and vendors volunteer their time and products so that special needs youths can get the opportunity to fly in (and even pilot) an airplane.
We went to one in McKinney north of Dallas last summer and I took some notes so that I could blog about it, but I never did the blog. So, as an educational exercise for you the reader, I decided to put down some note fragments so that you can fit them together into an entertaining and enlightening blog. If you don’t end up with an exciting read, then it’s your fault; I’ve done all I can do. Here goes:
Crazy hot sun, but nice cool hangar with tables and vendors and free food and balloons and clowns.
Free Starbucks coffee drained within minutes.
10 seconds after helium tank came out, a lone balloon rested against the inside ceiling of the hangar, hovering above a sad child with an upturned face.
A balloon popped, and all of the kids with auditory issues grabbed their ears.
AutismSpot table was of course all kinds of awesome.
Calm in hangar, then a single strong breeze roared through and shoved all of the paper products out of the right side of the hangar, then stopped.
Scary husband/wife clowns drifted around terrorizing the kids (and parents like me), refusing to come out of character.
Military honor guard marched away from shiny red fire truck with silver bell in front. US flag-holder smacked his gum the entire time.
Isabella, Madeline, and I went up in plane with friendly pilot. Isabella was too scared to sit up front (2 seats in front and 2 in back), so she sat in back with me. Madeline got to pilot the plane some. Isabella kept hands over her ears (she wouldn’t wear the headphones) until she fell asleep, then her hands drifted down. My internal struggle in plane: urge to pee versus urge to throw up.
Lemonade ran out in hangar. Party over.
The end.
Now get to work. Make me proud!
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