Consolation Prize

It was a Saturday afternoon.  The kids had already told us that they wanted to go see Kung Fu Panda 2 playing at the base theater.  We had no problems with that.  They spent a lot of the afternoon playing Wii downstairs.  Around 3:50 they come upstairs.  They're ready to go to the movie, which Riley reminds us starts at 4:00 (not 7:00 as we were thinking).

Crying ensues--the reality is we will not be able to make it in time (and later reports confirmed that they were long before that sold out of tickets).

Hmmmm.

Well, we could always drive to the beach and watch the USAF Thunderbirds perform.   They'd been parked for the past couple of days at our base, so it seemed like a good plan.

We found the beach just in time for the Thunderbirds.  They were not the main attraction here, but it was for us.  Luckily, we happened upon stage center for the show.

She spent more time playing in the sand than watching.

Not a bad alternative to the movies. 

We can always Netflix Kung Fu Panda. Thunderbirds on the Adriatic Sea not so much.