FLEET WEEK!

★★★★★★ (6 out of 5)

Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Fleet Week!

Technically there is no exclamation point in “Fleet Week,” but I use one in order to convey my unbridled enthusiasm for the event. Roughly six times a year San Francisco is host to Fleet Week!, an exciting parade of jets that fly back and forth over the city! Where do the jets go? Nowhere! What do they do? Fly! And boy do they fly. These jets can travel in literally any direction. Left! Right! Up! Down!

I don’t live in San Francisco, but I always visit during this exciting time. Surprisingly the hotels don’t fill up. I asked the desk clerk at Motel Renoir why they had so many rooms available, but she couldn’t hear me over the exciting roar of jets! When I asked again, she still couldn’t hear me over another exciting roar of jets.

Motel Renoir has a few amenities perfect for Fleet Week! Roof access is key for an unobscured view of all the flying, as is the wake-up call service which allows me to awaken at 4 AM to ensure a good spot on the roof. I must be a heavy sleeper though, because I always sleep through the calls. Fortunately the paper-thin walls allow me to easily be awoken by my neighbors who are so excited about Fleet Week they can’t stop screaming.

For those of you who have never had the privilege of seeing Fleet Week! in person, let me describe it to you. Jets fly pretty fast in the sky. They don’t just sit on the ground, but actually become airborn! Sometimes groups of them fly together! There are clouds and other sky-related objects such as birds or lost balloons that also might be visible. To be clear, I’m not describing photographs of jets flying, but actual ones literally flying! And have I mentioned the sound? It’s so loud! All week long!

The whole city shares my excitement, too. Crowds of people gather to crane their necks and look at deafeningly loud jets. And no one minds the cost involved or thinks the money could be better spent on absolutely anything else. After all, these are flying jets we’re talking about!

Fleet Week! is happening right now! If you aren’t in San Francisco, come on over! If you are, look out your window, there’s a thing in the sky!

Please join me next week when I’ll be reviewing the hours of video I shot of Fleet Week!