As I mentioned, one of the coolest things about where we live is that the Blimp lives, like, right there. It’s not highly unusual to see it tooling gently around the skies like a huge floating whale. What IS unusual is to see three of them!
This is a bad picture — I was driving — but here are all three Goodyear Blimps that live in the US.
(Sometimes it’s fun to get excited about little things.)
I decided to walk this week near the hangar, although I underestimated how many people would be hanging out waiting to see the blimps leave. It was…a lot. The parking lot was full. Overly full, actually. People were parked on the grass, on the side of the lot, very much in places that were not actually parking spots.
I parked in a different lot, and still got a pretty great look.
The blimps were leaving by the time I got there, so I only saw two of them, but I could hear them motoring away.
The rest of the walk was pretty chill, actually. There were three (3!) good doggos on walks, including one who was learning command signs. There were people fishing, kayaking, enjoying the sun. Kids on the playground. A family playing at the weird little mini golf course.
There were beautiful animals all over the place.
And there was this weirdo tree. Look at him! He’s gorgeous!
Finally, beautiful days for walking. After how long the winter seemed, and how many days of rain and gloom we’ve had this spring and summer, I honestly felt like these days would never come. But here we are, enjoying the light again.
There’s a lesson there, somewhere. Something about persevering through the dark, walking toward the light. And coming out into the warmth in community, to enjoy the little things.
Listening while walking podcast update: Let’s Get Haunted episode 221: The Unsolved Mystery of the Betz Sphere.
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