Going to the airport was so cool becuase we got to see so much that most people never get to see, like the basement part where the workers go, the belt that the bags ride to the plane on, and even the inside of an airplane.

Lubbock Aero
The field trip was planned by our
cub scout pack as part of our summer fun - and boy it was fun! We went to
Lubbock Aero where people that own planes get to park their planes. They have
three buildings that they call hangers where airplanes can park. We got to sit
in one of the tiny planes over there too. They have a gas station there with
special gas for the airplanes. They even have classes there when they teach
people that want to learn to fly.

Lubbock International Airport
I've flown on a plane before to my aunts house, but I didn't know that it took all of those people. First, we ate a sack lunch in a cool room upstairs where you could see all of the planes and the travelers. We got our own badges, coloring books and even some wings to pin on before we went on a tour of the whole place. That's where we really started to see all of the people that it takes to make the planes fly - it takes more than just the pilot. There are the folks that check the bags, and then those that check the people. Those that help the people get to the plane and thosethat help everyone once they get on the plane -and even more people that help the planes, to keep them clean inside and out, to keep them gassed up and to keep them flying on time.

We we walked out on to the road under the main airport, we saw a plane land, taxi up, and unload the passangers. One of the crew got out nad told us the pilot said that it would be ok if we got on and took a look around - that was just so cool. Some of our scout friends had never been on an airplane.

Airport Control Tower
After the airport tour, we went over to the tower to see what all goes on over there. The people that work in the control tower help the planes get to where they are going. They have computers that scan the sky to show where everyone is flying. Upstairs you could actually see the airplanes flying near the airport. The guys that work up there help the planes land and take off. We got to use binoculars to watch the airplanes come in and go out.

The whole day was just so fun. It made me want to be a pilot, but my sister still wants to work in the doughnut store. That's ok. I like doughnuts alot.

Extending our familiy vacation so that we could go to the beach was well worth all the extra time in the car. When we drove down to Seawall Street and all we could see was water, we all got so excited. All of us kids started cheering. Our baby brother had never seen the ocean and when our sister was at the ocean she was so little she doesn't even remember it. We could hardly wait to  get in the water.

Once we finally got everything together to go to the beach, we just had to walk across the street from our hotel and down some big steps on to the sand. The beach was clean and the sand was warm. There were some older boys who had thin boards that they were tossing into the shallow water, jumping on, and then riding as they slid across the water. Another man was fishing far out in the waves and not too long after we build our first sand castle of the day a whole group of college kids came with their music machine on wheels. They were a party looking for a place to land. It was kind of fun watching them dance and be silly.

There was so much to do playing in the water... a little airplane even flew by with an ad for everyone to read. Now that's not something we see everyday.