Gwen and Gary have a beautiful, comfortable house on Mercer Island, with a splendid view of the Hydro Race Course and the Seafair Air Show. They sure know how to throw a party, with lots of smiles, fine food, and a window rattling demonstration by the US Air Force - F22 Raptor. The US Navy Blue Angels fly their Boeing F/A-18 aircrafts overhead and down the lake below. They stall, dive, roar overhead and lay down smoke below. The big KC 46 flew over, pretty nimble for a aerial refueling tanker. Then the Hydro's kicked in - even more noise! Wow, what a noisy day! Delighted to join his family and friends, I tried to get pics of all I could. Look at all those smiles! Thanks all!    (Click on a image below for a larger image "slide show" - arrow keys work well.)