USS Midway

On Friday after Thanksgiving... we visited the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier. It was commissioned in 1945 and opened as a museum in San Diego in 1992.



We toured the hanger deck and forecastle where we saw where the sailors slept. Matt is crammed in his bunk.



And here's where the junior officers slept! A huge step up!



This is our Sarah in the brig. She doesn't look very happy...



Then we went up to the flight deck...here's the island.



Here are the kids in the island looking at some of the equipment. The gentleman told the kids when we boarded the ship, "if you can climb on it, flip switches, crawl into it, DO IT!"



The hanger deck had a compartment open and it has a glass floor over it. Ben decided to "fly." It was a little nerve wracking... Instincts tell you no and the brain says it's OK...