Traveling 1,374 miles from La Conner to San Diego.
Happy 24th Hannah B!!
Tour of the carrier Midway
Bob lived in San Diego area until he was fifty so it was going down memory lane for him. After a quick tour of the waterfront, we struck out for the USS Aircraft Carrier Midway, which has been on display in San Diego since 2004 with over 3 million visitors. Who would of thought that the two of us could spend 3.5 hours on board crawling through the four decks, flight deck and the island. She carried 4,500 sailors and aviators and spent 47 years in service with over 225,000 passing over her decks. She was pulled from service in 1992. Besides seeing the massive vessel I was enthralled by the number of small groups of men both young and old that were touring the carrier that had served on her. The docents were very tuned to the men visiting her that spent time on her. They were great in pulling stories out of them to share with the rest of us.
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