USS Lexington

(Tory writing)(pics by Dan) On Tuesday we visited the USS Lexington, a retired Navy boat that has been made into a museum.

There was a lot to see and a lot of history to read about. The boat was used for 40-something years before it was retired...said to be the longest life of a navy boat. The size of the boat alone was a novelty! There were several lower decks for offices, dining, medical area, and machine rooms. The upper deck was a landing pad for plans and also carried a few hundred cars. And, finally way up at the top, was where the Captain sat. The girls liked walking through this part because they could steer the boat and sit in the Captain's chair.

Following the USS Lex, we took a trip to the beach. Nicole's favorite thing was counting the jellyfish...She counted over 70 that day. The ocean water was very nice. I thought it was going to be a lot colder, considering the time of year, and forgetting how far south we actually were. It was fun! The sun sure is exhausting though. By dinner time I was ready for bed. But, we finished the night off with several Spongebob episodes in our hotel room.
OH, and we forgot to mention before that we celebrated Nicole's 12th Birthday when we were down there. Her real Birthday is March 27th. We brought each of the girls a webkins gift.

Nicole had asked for a dragon, which we were very fortunate to find (I was so excited when we picked those up). And we gave Nat a pink poodle webkins. dan always likes to give each of the girls a gift on Birthdays, so all the more fun picking out presents (seriously)! Thanks for reading! Still more to come...