Tuesday, March 17, 2009

8 years and counting!

Yesterday was our 8th anniversary. Woo Hoo!
It happen to be Carson's day off too. While Madison was at school we decided to go on a day date. We went to the USS Midway. It's a huge ship (aircraft carrier) that is docked in San Diego and is opened for tours.
It is amazing. They have one of every kind of aircraft that had ever landed on it while it was at Sea. You can go up on the flight deck and also climb into a lot of the planes and helicopters.






It's been turned into a museum. Each person gets a headset and a map and you go on a self guided tour. We listened to former pilots of the planes and helicopters talk about experiences while flying that specific aircraft and also of being on the midway. We toured the ship's "brig" or their prison cells. They were small cells some were private, some had 8 bunks to a cell. They were also at the bottom of the ship, so not much fresh air.
This is a cute statue of a Marine or a naval officer returning. It's really cute.

We ate lunch here aboard the USS Midway. It doesn't look that far up, but we ate on a table on the edge and looking over the edge is quite a drop! It's not as far up as the top flight deck, but high enough for eating lunch!!

2 comments:

Darren and Brandi said...

Happy anniversary! Ours is next week! Crazy! Anyways... why can I basically not tell you're prego in these pics?? What the heck?

Dan and Marci Family said...

Congrats on 8 years that is awesome. What a good idea to go out on your date while Maddi was at school, good use of time. We miss you guys so much I can't wait to see your little girl, you have to post pictures soon after she is born. love ya