A day of Wow

We made our trip to the library on deadline last week, as usual. Well, lately there have been a lot of late fees, so we've missed deadline a few times in the past few months.
Point is, we took some stuff back on time, and while we were there Sean wanted to check out one of his favorite snake books. The library had shuffled some sections around, so we had to ask Aunt Bennie (who works there) for some help to find it. While he had her attention, Sean asked her to show him the airplane section. We came out with a stack of books on flight, helicopters and airplanes. He dove into them and within an afternoon was recognizing airplanes by name.
Because Sean is so interested in fight, I thought it would be a nice treat to take a field trip.
The Museum of Flight in Seattle is within driving distance, so we took a road trip today to immerse ourselves in airplanes and flight memorabilia.
We walked into the museum and he recognized the first plane he saw. We constantly were saying, "Wow, look at that one." They were all over the place. There were planes suspended above us, planes parked on the floors that you could walk under and peer into, and there were a couple of them set up for people to sit in, and an audio gave information about the cockpit.
The museum is very comprehensive, and includes an area devoted to space exploration, and there are neat screens set up to play old commercials and intros to shows from the 1950s and 1960s that related to Sputnik and the nation's focus on space exploration.
There are three floors, I believe, and it really is quite astounding. I could have stayed longer, but Sean was getting tired and hungry. The only thing we didn't see was the top floor that had the WWI stuff. Next time.
I'm interested in old stuff, history, antiques, etc., so the glass display cases with the old flight log books from WWII and flight suits, dog tags and all of that was very appealing to me.
Sean's favorite things were the jet fighters, and an old WWII plane that had teeth painted on the front. He could tell me the names of them, but I don't remember that kind of stuff very well.
There are a couple of opportunities to go into flight simulators, but that was a bit pricey for our budget.
I could have stayed all day, and there's even a cafe, but Sean wanted to leave. We've both been fighting a cold that won't go away.
It was a fun day, and I'm glad I thought to go. Wish David could have been with us, because he and Sean could have had a great time together there.