Friday, November 26, 2010

Trip to San Diego...Part 2 - The Midway

The second and rainiest day in San Diego we spent touring the Midway, an old aircraft carrier ship that since being taken out of active duty has been open to the public for tours.  It was very cool and we all enjoyed it, most of the tour was inside with the final part being up on the flight deck. 
 Tyler and Jared getting their "assignments" for the day...haha! Ty did a great job listening to the self paced tour...just as long as we told him each number....
 This is for all my Purdue friends, could not resist taking the picture and thinking of Harry's...
 A few times throughout the trip there were opportunities to use a senior discount (which changed ages at all places we went...hmm), my dad was the only one old enough to use it on our trip to the Midway and here he is with his sticker although you can't see it too well.  We got him a membership which got in three guests for free, not sure that it will get used again but oh well.  Was pretty funny, his sticker says "VIP Member" - thought it was pretty funny! 
 Jared, Tyler and Dad ready to depart on some sort of mission....
 Tyler and Jared in another plane for yet another mission...
 Up on the flight deck there were a ton of planes  from old fighter jets to cargo planes and helicopters I think we could have left my dad up there all day...
 The Midway! We could see the three other aircraft carriers that are in active duty stationed at the Naval Base across the harbor, all were home for Thanksgiving so even though we couldn't get quite as close to those was cool to see so many at once. 
 My dad and I, although not the best picture ever...
 In case we fell over Jared and I could at least fit our heads through the life preserver together...of course Jared would pick up the life preserver and make us put our heads through...love you honey!!
 On our tour of the top portion of the boat, Tyler was used as the example and you can see how excited he was to be "steering" the boat and having his name called out by the tour guide.
 Jared as the "captain" or "co-captain" I can't remember which side we were on and which side was which...
 Ending our tour of the Midway...you may notice Tyler's bag in his pictures so he could carry all his brochures he collected along the trip with him...this was a drastically better option than the plastic bag he started the trip off with.  If some of you remember some things never change as I  used to bring Tyler brochures as his gift whenever I was traveling...
 My mom had given my dad the job of finding a gluten free birthday cake for our birthday celebration, he with the help of the concierge did a wonderful job and we got to eat this amazing flourless chocolate cake.  Even sprinkled with gold dust, they knew how special we are...or think we are!!
One more post to come of the final day and half of our trip...


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