Shake, Rattle AND Roll!!!

     HOLY MOLY!!! Yesterday, in a most, UN-anticipated, yet, delightful, 'turn of events', I wound-up at the Quonset Airshow. As, in, recent, years gone by, when off to see the 'Wonders', those, outstanding men of flight, the Blue Angels, I witness them from a vantage-point, extraordinaire. No longer do I spend the entirety of my day, traipsing around the show, 'proper', with hoards of others, avoiding the 'hub-bub' and hullabaloo, but, instead, I join a slew of other folk who watch 'from the rafters', so to speak, outside the perimeter of the main-venue. I have discovered, thanks to some friends, a piece of 'prime-real estate' from which to view these, most, AMAZING of aviators; a place from which, during one part of the show, a single-jet, soars past, at a speed in excess of 900 MPH, a mere 100 feet or so, above us. Talk about EXHILARATING! I am not what one would call a 'thrill-seeker', per se, and, have, over the course of my lifetime, experienced, but, a few, moments, whereby I indulged in some, adventurous-antics, which, 'took my breath away', giving me goose-bumps, and, causing my heart-rate to accelerate. With all of those, moments, combined, I have NEVER experienced the adrenaline-RUSH, which, I do from the jet's powerful force, which, one feels throughout one's body, as it shakes you to the core! It is exciting, to say the least. I know, that, I will never climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, or, swim the 'English-Channel, this, a certainty, in my life; I WILL, however, continue to go to enjoy the FANTASTIC-fliers, when they're in town, and, feel the 'earth move', under my feet, as they soar, overhead. Just Sayin'...