Holiday Memories 2

The journey to Oshkosh started early on Sunday morning and we spent most of the day travelling.  We knew we were heading in the right direction when we spotted this car and trailer in the fast lane.

After we had travelled about half the distance we arrived in Chicago where we got caught up in lots of traffic - I'm glad that B was doing the driving,

Further along on our journey we made a bathroom stop.  This creature went into one of the waste bins and found something to his taste - then he posed long enough on the lid for me to take this photo.
We arrived at Oshkosh in the early evening and G and F guided us onto the camp site so that we didn't need to wait in a long queue.  Over the next few days we were very busy taking part in some of the many activities at the airshow.  My shots of the aicraft were less than worth looking at so below are just a few of the things we did.

F and B were persuaded to pose for this.

International visitors were well looked after.
Mid week, there were three identical  celebration cakes and we ended up eating more than one slice.  On Friday evening they provided a very good buffet meal and drinks for international visitors.

B chose her next car

We visited the icecream kiosk more than once.  From this seat we had a good view of the afternooon airshows.

On Wednesday evening there was a late airshow.  I tried to take photos of the aircraft with their colourful lights and fireworks but my camera did not want to work, so I gave up and enjoyed the spectacle instead.  This was followed by a magnificent firework display that lasted for fiteen minutes.  As we were about to leave, it was announced that there would be a wall of fire to finish off the evening.  Even though we were quite a way from the front of the airstrip the heat suddenly arrived  and I was relieved not to be any closer to the front.

The next day the ladies in the party left the gentlemen to enjoy the rest of the week at Oshkosh while they travelled to Chicago to stay with some of B's friends and to enjoy some of the sites.