Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Uncle Rich's Air Craft Carrier

We were lucky to visit with the Schmaeling Family in San Diego. We had lunch on the naval base with Rich, Nicole and Alex's new friends, Caleb and Nathan. Then Mommy and Daddy were treated to a tour of the USS Nimitz, Rich's home away from home (away from home - we all know Rich is a New Yorker at heart).

There was some major construction going on the Nimitz.
So we took a few pictures of the other carriers so we could show them off.













Rich and his little man, Caleb.

And here's Daddy and his little patriotic man, Alex.














And the tour begins.
During the tour, there was a lot of Top Gun chatter. Daddy was particularly excited about this "catapult." Mommy needed a translation of Rich's description of what it's for. Sounded pretty cool. I put this picture in for all the boys out there and for all the Top Gun fans who remember more about the movie than the beach volleyball scene. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures of much else!




And what a view Rich has from his office.

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