This week is the Naval Academy's Commissioning Week, the week-long celebration honoring this year's graduating class. One of the best parts of the festivities is the Blue Angel air show on Wednesday (at 2:oo pm). The Naval Academy Bridge is closed, boats are parked all over the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay to get a good view, and families take picnics around Annapolis and the parade ground on the Naval Academy property. The show is pretty amazing and VERY loud. Practice is always on Tuesday, and so for two days residents and visitors can enjoy the awesome aerial maneuvers. My only complaint (besides the traffic) is the rattle of my home's windows when the planes fly fairly low to make a particular formation. But since the glass hasn't broken yet, it's just a small issue.
I can't really see much from my house, even when I stand in the middle of the intersection of my cul-de-sac with our side street. So when I don't go downtown or near the Naval Academy, I just jaunt up to the higher grounds of the nearby Annapolis Middle School. In fact, I think that's where I'll be this year. All I need to do is take a Diet Coke and maybe some gorp, set up my camp chair & watch the show. Luckily this year the weather is clear without too much wind, and hopefully all the planes will be working okay. Should be a "really good shew."
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