Well now, I seem to be a couple days late in getting this latest blog post out. Way too many 'irons in the fire' these days! Especially CAP related! To quote a certain cadet commander for an upcoming encampment that I'll be attending; "If I was actually getting paid for all the work I'm doing for CAP lately; money would NOT be a problem!". I know EXACTLY how this cadet feels.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm not complaining in the least, I love every second of every day for what I do that is CAP related, my only problem is that the 'jobs' that actually bring in revenue are not showing up at my doorstep like they should be. Since I launched my home business, C3Designs, I haven't had one solid bite, nor has Monster.com, Dice.Com or Careerbuilder.com presented anything remotely close to what it is I do. So if anyone out there on the 'IntarWebs' has some work they can send my way, I'd be most appreciative.

I keep checking www.usajobs.gov in the hopes there is something I can do that is government or civilian contractor related that I qualify for, but it would seem those don't exist in my 'backyard'. Ah well, all in good time, right?

A couple of weeks ago I was presented with an opportunity to go out to a small municipal airport in Greenville, MI to do some recruiting for CAP at an annual EAA Young Eagles 'Fly Day' event. That was this past Saturday, and short of it being really cold and windy in the morning, the day was pretty great; the Young Eagle folks flew over 160 kids that day! Two of which were my own.

I had no plans of them flying that day since we had planned to recruit hard and heavy, but since things were pretty slow going at the start and finish, both my son and daughter were able to fly. Joshua, who is currently a C/CMSgt is no stranger to flying and loves every chance he has to go up; enjoyed his flight like any other; but my daughter, who has never been off the ground in an airplane before got her first taste of flight this day in a 1966 Cessna 150, Tail Number N2419J.  She was very excited and quite proud of herself when she returned to our display holding her 'Young Eagles Certificate' and photo that was taken of her and the pilot by the airplane. I was proud of her too, for 12 years old, she's quite brave and will try just about anything handed to her. I always imagined her first flight would be in a CAP aircraft, but not anymore and that's just fine by me! I'm just glad I could be there when she did it.

So all in all, it was a good day. I helped raise awareness of CAP in an area that doesn't really know much about our program and I had fun with my cadets/kids and enjoyed making new relationships with the pilots who fly in the area and are dedicated to what the Young Eagles program stands for. Now all I need to do is get them to sign on the dotted line for CAP! :-)

Oh, one last thing before I forget. I'll be at the Indianapolis Air Show this Saturday; all day with some of my cadets and we will be meeting up with others from my local unit who will have already traveled down on Friday. The weather is looking good so far (looks for wood to knock on) so it should be a good show. It's been a while since I've seen the Blue Angels perform and I'm really looking forward to seeing the A-10 demonstration.

Working with members from another wing should be pretty interesting too. This will actually be my first 'foray' into another wing as a 'Region Level' officer, even though I'm not there doing anything remotely official in regards to my department, I'll just be doing what I do best; taking photos!