After some thinking I decided I was going to be going. It worked out perfect that Grandma had an open schedule and she could come as well. This was nice for me to have a little help and another adult to enjoy the show with.
We had a rough start with trying to figure out how to get to the show. When we went a few years ago we drove and the traffic was so horrible that we thought the shuttles would be our best bet. There were about 5 locations to choose from and there was 1 right here in Puyallup. We thought that this one would be the best location as it wouldn't be so crowded. We arrived and waited about 15 minutes with a crowd of about 30 or so people. There was no sign of a shuttle and soon one of the crowd looked up on his phone that they had cancelled our location and no shuttle would be coming. This was a bit frustrating and we thought maybe our hopes of going were dashed. It was getting later and more crowded.
We quickly got in our car and rerouted to another shuttle location. On the way we started to see the traffic really backing up. We thought we'd check out this second location and see how crowded it was before we made a decision on what we were going to do for the day. When we arrived there were plenty of parks and a shuttle had just left. We were about 10th in line for the next shuttle. A bus came within 5 minutes and we were headed for the show. We were so amazed at our luck.
The line to get in was super long. I had forgotten that part. You've got to get through several security check points before you can enter and it takes a bit for each person to go through. We finally made it in and were all smiles. It was great fun to see all the planes and people.
We tried to watch some of the air show in the beginning but the kids got bored very quickly. So we started out looking at booths. The kids quickly each got some free loot bags and we started to fill them up with giveaways. There was a ton of stuff and we all had a bag full by the end of our day.
We had some super overpriced lunch and settled in for some of the airshow. We saw some cool air displays and decided to call it a day. We headed for the shuttle home. It was just as crazy trying to leaving as getting there. There seemed to be a communication problem with the army base and the shuttle people. There was talk about shutting down all transportation for 2 hours. We were not happy at this idea. As it turns out we ended up getting on a shuttle within 15 minutes to leave. The poor lady wasn't familiar with our location and took us the long way around. It took a lot longer to get back and that was no so nice. It wasn't too bad though and soon we were headed to Grandma's house to swim. We had a great time and I'm glad we went. I did miss having Jeff with us and we may try to hit it up next year. We'll have to see how we feel about braving the crowds.
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