Day Three is in the books and It. Was. Awesome! We spent today at the USS Midway in San Diego, decommissioned in 1992 after the Gulf War. 

Honestly, I had no idea we would be there all day but this thing is HUGE! Since we are still getting used to West Coast Time, we are some early morning people ☀️ (at least until we get adjusted). We were second in line this morning when they opened and spent the next 7 hours touring every spot on that carrier that was open to the public!

This place was a boys’ paradise and by boys, I mean ALL boys! Mike was in Heaven! War ships, war planes, and war veterans all talking about war ships, war planes and war veterans – Heaven!  I swear, there had to be a millions buttons to push  and switches to switch! And we pushed and switched every single one!

We went up and down, and up and down, and up and down! We spent some time in the Brig, and checked out the sailors’ bunks. 

We had lunch on board, and boys were just amazed that we had lunch off the back of aircraft carrier! 

But our absolute favorite parts of the ship was sitting in the cockpits and the flight simulators! WOW!  I think I can now mark “pilot” off my possible career path 😬😳  I especially got tickled hearing Leo say to his brother “Michael, I promise I won’t throw up on you.” Now is that love or what? ❤️ It was a valid promise because these simulators went up, down, upside down, sideways – it was crazy!

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Mike and I both went to the Battleship in Wilmington growing up, but the Midway is at least 2, if not 3, times the size of our Battleship.  I know the boys had a great time today but the grown-ups had just as much fun – It really was an incredible day!

After the Midway, we left San Diego, with a promise to come back with Michael and Leo’s kids one day 😍.

So after a full day of touring (all 11,237 steps of it), we were careful to leave San Diego at a good time to avoid all the California traffic that we’d been warned about… (See photo of clock in car 😬)

That’s when we pulled out of the garage 😂😜😂😜 but honestly traffic wasn’t too bad – better than Charlotte at 5!!!

So now we are headed toward Anaheim and Disneyland for their Diamond Celebration of 60 years. We had a good drive seeing all the landscapes that were so different from home

The Holiday Roooooaaaddd continues… 😀