That was the scene of the Romeo Ride today... A family Bar Be Que named Millers..... Where the Tuesday crowd is usually non existent... When our advance fellow told them to expect about 50 before noon, they didn't know whether to believe it...
Well about 55 folks were there right at opening time.... Better believe it, as we ate sandwiches and ribs... Fries and slaw... The place was sort of expensive too at about $10 a head....
Of course planes of all sorts were flying in and out of the runway.....
Here you can see a B2 bomber as it leaves the runway... The planes climb out right over downtown, but that's OK, as most of the towns citizens are either in the Military, or work in some capacity for them... So they know all about what takes place inside the compound...
A number of years ago, we went to an open house on the main runway.. So I guess we also know what takes place there...
And come to think about it, folks in Iraq and Afghanistan know how this works too... Planes fly right over the top of the earth to head for those far away places....
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| Knob Noster is about 70 miles from out home... |
We rode back to town in the early afternoon, and enjoyed some nice weather, until we stopped at one of our usual McDonalds out in Independence... The bike thermometer said it was 91 degrees.... Hey what gives...?? It was supposed to be in the 80s...
Once back here at the house, Loyce and I went after the hobby car which was now finished at the dealership.... Again it was all covered by extended warranty, and we now have a completely new headlight assembly as well as another new controller module.... They claimed the last one installed last week was defective new out of the box....
Color me skeptical.... Romeo Web Site with the pictures from today...
Retired Rod
The next time I hear an American make fun of the name Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, I'm going to say "oh, yeah - how about Knob Noster?"
ReplyDeleteGreat pic of the B2 Bat wing flying over the houses.
I have never heard of Whiteman Air Force Base. The lunch sure sounds good, and I bet the owners were relieved when you guys showed up.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a fun road trip with good food being the destiny. I went to that site and now understand Romeo is a great cause.
ReplyDeleteThat was a funny post about the Whiteman AFB mission
We used to enjoy day trips like that and I hope we can again in our future.
Those B-2s are awesome. And for what they cost, they'd better be! ;c)
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