Today, we went to an event the shop helped sponsor called the Patriot Ride. It was in honor of police, military, firefighters and the like. (This year, firefighters got special kudos since it was held in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood, with the remnants of homes and the blackened mountainside behind us.)

As part of the festivities, the fire trucks, ambulances and police cars were there for kids to climb in and on. As a special treat, the Flight For Life helicopter agreed to fly in and land instead of setting up ahead of time. I decided this was a good opportunity to get a close-up video for the Buzz.

Flight For Life 101: You are supposed to rescue people from accidents, not cause them.


Everyone was ok, and there was no one in the bounce house. Which was good, since I was laughing. I was holding Gracie, three snow-cones and my phone, and laughing my head off as everyone else was scrambling around yelling and making sure no one was hurt. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!? Aren't I supposed to be a concerned parent? And as a nurse, help triage the bleeding and injured?

(Sigh)

I guess I got caught up in the irony of the moment and thought it was quite hilarious, especially since I had just watched all the kids climb out of the bounce house to watch the helicopter and knew no one was inside. (It's just a giant air-bag anyway, right?)

The chopper landed a few minutes later, and the recalcitrant pilot sheepishly made his way over to the Kid Zone to offer his apologies, but by then no one cared because the kids were swarming the helicopter. (I kept waiting for the "What does this button do?" sound.)

And, my snow cone with dirt sprinkles was quite delicious.