For many
years, the city of Worcester, Massachusetts has teeter-tottered with
Providence, Rhode Island for the title of the Second Largest city in New
England behind Boston, of course. I’m
not sure who holds the title these days, but I can tell you this: Providence has a much nicer and better
serviced airport. You can actually go to
a variety of places from there. These
days, there are only two flights out of Worcester on Jet Blue and they both go
directly to Florida.
Yesterday,
Greg and I, being retired and having nothing much to do in the afternoon,
headed to the Worcester airport anyway. We
didn’t want to go to Florida. We were
hoping to see Air Force One land.
President Obama was coming to town to give the commencement speech at
the Worcester Technical High School graduation.
It seems we weren’t alone in our quest. There were quite a few people hoping to park
along Route 56 at the end of the runway.
Of course, they (we) were not allowed to stop…duh! But we circled around and eventually we saw
that the eagle had landed. I didn’t get
a photo of Air Force One even though I did see it. But I got a few pictures of the fence that
surrounds the Worcester Airport.
Across the road from the airport, these girls had
the best view of the going-ons, but they didn’t seem to be in the least bit
interested.
Watching the news later in the evening, I began
thinking about my high school graduation.
Well, I guess I should say that I wracked my brain for a microbe, an
iota, a grain of a memory of my graduation.
Sadly, there was zero, zilch, zip, nada, nothing there. I can’t remember one second of my high school
graduation. If my father hadn’t taken
photos of the event, I might not believe today that it even happened. I do remember this white dress however. That is definitely nothing I would have ever
bought or worn if not forced to. Not
that there is anything wrong with it…it’s just not me.
But the young
people from Worcester Technical High School (and the administration of the school) who are
very deserving of having the President of the United States as their
commencement speaker will not have that problem when they are my age. Regardless of their political leanings now or
in the future, they will most certainly remember their graduation day. Kudos to them!!
I’m hooking up with Theresa at The Run*A*RoundRanch Report to show off my Good Fences.
