USS Yorktown

We arrived at the hotel Friday night, got up Saturday for our short drive to the carrier.  The weather said it was supposed to be in the low 60's.  Low 60's on the coast with wind blowing off the water on a steel ship does not feel like 60 degrees, it was COLD.  We were all cold, walking around with our hands in pockets, back to wind, and trying to stay in the direct sunlight.

We started off picking out our bunks, Jacob was very smart and got a great bunk that you could actually sit up in, there were only two of these in our room.  Grandfather was below Jacob and I was across from Grandfather.  The room we slept in was on the back of the ship.  Once settled in we did some of the set tours then did the "Medal of Honor" museum.  I didn't realize all the non military who were awarded the medal early on, it was pretty cool.  We continued on with the tours and then went topside to the flight deck and then the island.  It was hard to tell who was having more fun...Jacob with all the neat gadgets, planes, and models or Grandfather and his passing along the wealth of historic information. 

There was also a submarine that we walked through, this was Jacob's favorite.  It was a tight fit to get through that tour.  You had to be limber to duck your head and get your leg over the doorways simultaneously.

We came back to the carrier redid some of the tours that we wanted to see again.  Jacob pretended to sign the papers of the Japanese surrender of WWII.  Also liked comparing Jacob to the size of a 16" shell.  Kept talking about shooting Jacob out of the canon, he was just the right size.  

We all got to our bunks and I don't think any of us had a hard time going to or staying asleep.  It was a long, but fun day.