At the time my FH was working for a TV station in Des Moines. He got off of work late and came over to my house to discuss where we were going to go. By the time he got to my place, most of the restaurants were already closed.
We then decided to go to the Airport in Ames to see his favorite airplane. Now at the time, I had never been close to any airplane. I am also scared to death of flying, so that idea didnt really sound like that much fun. But he finally convinced me to go to the airport. When we arrived, it was pitch black. It is a small airport and there was no traffic at the time. Looking back I was a little worried, I had seen horror movies that started this way
. Anyway we got out of the car and stood by the fence next to the runways. He then handed me what looked like a Walkie Talkie. He told me to press the side button 7 times and something would happen. I did as I was told and I was so amazed. All of the taxi lights and runway lights lit up right in front of me. It looked like hundreds of stars that lit up just for me. We stood there for a while looking at them while he described what they all meant. Sounds kind of dorky but it was really sweet.