:::EDIT:  I just found this blog entry from several weeks ago. Clearly I wrote it planning to post it but just never did. I thought I'd post as is anyway!:::

Last week, Nana and Papa went with us on one of Oliver's adventures: to the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Observation Deck, Founder's Plaza.  It's relatively new and pretty nice.


The area is landscaped beautifully around an aviation beacon.

The airport has some darling statues of kids running around like airplanes  to indicate this area is particularly for children.


Airplanes land in the distance.


It was fun to see the airplanes come in for a landing.


The airport provides free binoculars to use.


Unfortunately, Oliver can't close one eye and look through the binoculars.  And even Brian and I had trouble using the binoculars to track a landing plane.



The aviation beacon.



A plaque explaining about the beacon.


The beacon is 50 feet tall and rotates.




Oliver, Nana and Papa watch a large plane land.  It was really cool to see the large planes land.


Unfortunately, it was difficult to see planes take off from the Observation Deck.


Oliver and Daddy check out the Beacon.


It was a windy day but a perfect one to watch planes land.   We're so glad Nana and Papa were able to be there with us to enjoy it!