April 26, 2012

Today we headed back to San Diego to tour the Midway, an aircraft carrier who saw conflict during Operation Desert Storm and was retired in April 1992. She is now a floating Museum after being decommissioned. Before I get too far with that tour, I had a special request from Tyler.

Tyler, this one of the elephants that we saw at the museum. I hope that you like him. He was very big.

This is the seat for the guy that last ran the boat, CAPT L. L. Ernst.

This is where the helmsman works who really runs the boat.

During Desert Storm, this was the ship's War Room. The screens etc have been recreated to that time in history.

Up on the Flight deck, this is where the steam driven catapult was that got the planes into the sky. From 0 to 160 mph in 250 feet.

And of course, from 150 mph to 0 is accomplished by "The Hook".

Across the bay is another big ship. Three guesses. At the end of the day we had an opportunity to Skype with some of the grandchildren as Tom walked around the deck with the ipad. It was fun for all. We also had a short visit with Joe Adams who is currently stationed at Coronado Naval Base. As usual the beach facilities there were great. It gave Grammie an idea, fly to San Diego and stay at Coronado for a bit...and then cruise through the Panama Canal over to Florida. Grammy has started to develop some awful expensive tastes. We may be home sooner than expected.