"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness." - William Arthur Ward We met Bobbi Jo at a restaurant across the street from our Appleton, Wisconsin, hotel.

Her smile was exactly the kind of welcoming presence one needs a thousand miles from home, exhausted after a long day at an airshow and swatting ginormous mosquitoes.

The official name of the world-famous airshow and aviation gathering we attended is EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.