Oh happy day

Very much a back-blip, May 22nd 2011 was the date of my Ruby Wedding.
More importantly, it was the day I achieved my dream of seeing the Short Solent flying-boat at the Oakland Aviation Museum in California.
We'd added on a USA coast-to-coast rail trip before this, just to mark the occasion as it were, but this was the highlight for me. As it was a Sunday, we were lucky enough to actually be there for the weekly tour inside the aeroplane too.
Isn't she beautiful ?