Honor Flight Reno International Airport....Incredible!

Don't know if it will work or not...but cheering for the Vets....

This little lady joined the Marines 5 days after her 20th bday
World War II if u were a woman u had to be 20...

He was so cute...then he saw Ken and saluted! Awesome!

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He went in his wheelchair with his oxygen...but by golly he got
to see the Memorial!! 

Our sign we made up to Welcome them home!

This truck was in the airport parking lot! Says it all!!

And she was a Vet too!

More of our Heroes!

More!

Another group of Heroes!

One of our Heroes...

A group of Veterans waiting for the other group to come in

These little girls were adorable with their "Welome Home" sign...

The old Marines....

The first group of Vets coming down the escalator...

Got up this morning and got ourselves ready to head for Reno..Ken changed the oil in my car and I went to town to see if I could get a nice piece of poster board.  Made up a little sign, packed our bags and off we headed.  I had reserved a room at Boomtown (24.00) couldn't beat that we thought.  Had lunch in Dayton, NV at Gold Ranch Casino...probably won't go back but the food wasn't bad, service was very slow.  

We went to the hotel and checked in, nice room.  About 1700 we left and headed for the airport where Veterans of the Greatest Generation (World WAr II) were due back from there visit to Washington, DC.  The vets left Friday as part of Honor Flight, Nevada.  They are flown to Washington, DC...they visit the memorial in their honor and see some sights.  It costs the Vets themselves nothing for this trip...Incredible!  What I wouldn't have given for my dad to visit this memorial! Ken and I were there in 2006, and even then we didn't see many vets there..so glad this is happening for these men and women! Of course with all that's happening now with the government shutdown, the first group that went this week from another state had to bust down the barricade surrounding the memorial...what is really ridiculous...this is an open air memorial..there is no gate surrounding it..but they paid to have a fence and gate put around it so the vets couldn't visit...didn't work though as some republicans opened it and said they would be there everyday to make sure the vets got to visit THEIR memorial!   Well, our vets got to visit!!  Thank God for that!  

Anyway, we got their around 1730..the plane was late, but well worth waiting for!   Incredible the support, as their were at least 500 people there if not more..anywhere from babies to other 90 year old people there to welcome them home!!  The feeling of pride and patriotism was so awesome!! 
The Jr.ROTC from different high schools were there, along with some Patriot Guards, and on and on...

Eventually, we came back to our room, headed out for a good dinner and here we are..we'll head back home tomorrow after a trip to Sam's and Winco..Life is so good! 

God Bless America...and so Thankful for our troops, now and those who came before!!