I did the coolest thing yesterday....I got to go on the U.S.S Midway. A real live aircraft carrier. For the last month, we have passed an aircraft carrier while driving daddy to and from work every day. I continue to ask mommy if I can go on and she continues to ignore my question. Well, not yesterday. After we dropped daddy off at work (he had to work with the Reservists this weekend), and had the most yummiest breakfast ever (chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream), we spent two and a half hours going through the Midway. I saw the bunks the sailors slept in, the engine room where they made the ship go (the steam gets passed to the propellers and makes the ship move), and even the jail! They call it the Brig. Incidentally, there are a lot of potties in the Brig. I made mommy read all of the signs and I even stole her earphones so I could listen to the important, yet interesting facts they were telling her through the recording. But the best and most super part of all was getting to see and sit in the airplanes. I got to sit in a few of them and flew many missions. I never crashed...but I did push all the buttons and call out all the proper commands.
After we finished our tour, we went in the gift shop and with much persuading (I pulled out some of my best moves), I convinced mommy to buy me an aircraft carrier complete with little bitty airplanes and a helicopter. It's been hard to concentrate on anything else since.
Even though we were there for most of the morning, there are still some decks that we didn't get around to. I'm looking forward to my next trip!
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