USS Nimitz - Go Navy!
Brother Jared is a Dentist in the Navy. Although... brother Jared just got accepted into Oral Surgery. He starts immediately and will do a residency for the next 4-5 years? Congratulations! Oral surgeon - WHOA.
Anyway - back to the Navy. Jared pulled some strings and got special permission for us to take a tour of the USS Nimitz. It's a working aircraft carrier that was getting ready to deploy for 6 months. It was AWESOME!
Walking up to the ship - getting ready to board.
Every picture we took, we had to get permission first, so we wouldn't get arrested and hauled off to jail. This was taken as we entered the main hall? with all the ship's info i.e. Captain's and officers' info, etc.
This was taken on top of the ship, where the planes take off and land. You don't want to fall and skin your knee on that surface - it is SUPER rough!
Joe, Kelsey, Mya, Kaelyn and J.C. on top of the ship with the San Diego skyline behind them. J.C. cracks me up in this one.
Kelsey and Joe threatened their kids that if they touched ANYTHING, that they'd get taken to jail. The kids were so stressed out about it the night before that none of them wanted to go anymore. Kelsey recanted the scare tactics and promised they won't go to jail, but they better not touch stuff anyway!
Our family is too big for one tour, so we went in two smaller groups. We took shifts at a local park babysitting the toddler and baby variety that weren't allowed on the ship. This is Kelsey and Joe's baby, Nathan, hanging out at the park. Very Gilligan-esque.
Rylee in the sleeping quarters. WHOA! - is it ever claustrophobic! (And was also in dire need of a Stick-up!) Jordan (Ruthy's 7ft. husband) would never be able to sleep there!
This was the cafeteria, AKA the mess hall. They had several aboard the ship. It was interesting to hear how they segregate the officers and the enlisted.
The barbershop onboard. I don't know if I could be a barber for the military - it would get boring! Same ol' haircut a different day.
3 comments:
That is awesome! That would have been so cool to see. I can't believe their sleeping quarters. How awful! It was fun to see pics of Kelsey's kids because I don't think I have ever even seen her baby boy. We need another Wayne Mack family reunion. I vote you're in charge!
Glad you all enjoyed the ship tour so much. That was a lot of fun seeing all of your reactions. I didn't know about Kelsey's threat of jail to her kids - that's pretty funny. I still need to get copies of your pics from the trip.
Soooo neat! Glad y'all got the opportunity to do that. Go USA!
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