Day 9: I feel the need... the need for speed - Sunday 17/4

If I wake up on a sunday morning at 6:30am ,that normally means something. And this time it sure did. We went to ‘Wings over Wayne’ Air Show at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. It was a long drive, but it was worth while.

We saw F15 Eagles, F16 Fighting Falcon, Mustangs, Apache Helicopters, A10’s and so on. The boys put on a great show for us in the nice North Carolina blue sky.

Of course this was good propaganda for the US military and I must say that I saw some things that really disgusted me. Slogans like ‘You terrorist won the toss, no we’ll bomb the heck out of you’ or ‘You want to fight, we’ll give you the F15’.... Do I need to say more.

The Thunderbirds were going to fly at 2pm but we had to leave at 1pm to make a reception at 4pm. The reception was in a very nice house and we got to meet great people. Charlie and I only stayed for an hour, because we had an appointment with his son and daughter in law.

Because we have to eat all the time and it’s rude to refuse food, I decided that I should get in a run. So once home (hosts) I went for a 40min jog and it felt great. It also made me fall a sleep very quick...

Nick