Museum Day

On Saturday we went to the USS Midway Museum.The USS Midway was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm.  Also this ship was the largest in her class in 1945.  The ship was huge!  Plus it had alot of planes, jets, and helicopters on it.  The ship became a museum June 2004.  There is alot of cool history about this ship and if you wanna know it either go there or google it =).

This is one of the planes inside the museum.  Sorry the picture isn't the best.

The back end of the USS Midway.

 The top of the USS Midway

 After we went to the USS Midway we went down the street to Maritime Museum of San Diego.  There were a bunch of ships that looked like pirate ships and acouple submarines.  We went on the ship Star of India.  It is the oldest ship in the world that still maintains a regular sailing schedule. The picture above is the HMS Surprise.  This ship was used in the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.  It is a replica of a late 18th century Royal Navy frigate.

 Kyle at the wheel.

This is of the B-39 Soviet attack submarine. That is one of the "doorways" inside the submarine. I have no idea how people can be on these. There isn't any room and you have to crawl through the openings and you needed to be short to stand up in there. It was cool to go inside but I got very claustrophobic. We also went on the Berkeley, Medea and the USS Dolphin submarine. The USS Dolphin recorded a depth record for operating submarines that still stands and that was in 1968.

After we had been to these museums we called my uncle Russell and aunt Connie and went out to dinner with them in Old Town San Diego. It was amazing mexican food. Right next to the restuarant there was some shopping. All the pots and jewlery were handmade by these people from South America. The things were so neat. After all that they drove us around showing us some beautiful parts of San Diego.  They took us to where most of the surfers go.  It was BEAUTIFUL.  The picture below is of that place.

 This is the pier by South Mission Beach.

Us at the end of the pier.

We went back to the hotel to get some sleep cuz we were going on a speed boat ride in the morning and then heading back to Vegas to stay at the Hard Rock Hotel and then home on Monday.