One day after Rod got out of class, we headed over to take a tour of the USS Midway. It was really cool to be able to see how the sailors live when they are on the ship. I personally could not live in the tight space (even though it is bigger than several buildings combined.) I would definitely be claustrophobic!
This is where the sailors sleep, in bunks with their personal belongings in a drawer underneath. This room is more spacious than some. Some bunks were stacked three deep!
The tour was self-guided. We wore headsets. There was a kids version and a more detailed version.
This is one of the rooms where the pilots would go to be briefed.
There were many planes! Braden thought it was really cool.
It is like a city on a ship, with a post office, stores, doctors offices, operating rooms, and even their own jail for sailors who commit a crime.
They had a program where the kids could answer questions about things all over the ship. If you did the whole tour and answered the questions, you “earned” your wings and one of the volunteers had them take an oath. It was very cute and the kids took it very seriously!
Rod and Braden got to take a tour of the Bridge, no pictures, but they said it was really cool! If you are ever in San Diego, go on this ship, but give yourself more than a couple of hours to go through it all. There is so much to see!
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That is soooo cool! We just toured the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi! It was so neat to see how the sailors lived! Fun!!!
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