{"id":434,"date":"2016-02-08T04:10:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T04:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=434"},"modified":"2016-03-06T01:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T01:57:13","slug":"big-boat-big-beach-and-big-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/02\/08\/big-boat-big-beach-and-big-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Big boat, big beach and big tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we planned to venture to the Corpus Christi area so we packed a lunch and Steph took the wheel of the beast so I could work in the passenger seat. \u00a0I don’t know why, but I’m still amazed that this little tiny hotspot I have gives me internet in the cool locations where we park our home…but when it gives me internet while we’re driving I feel like I’m living in the future! \u00a0Anyhow, first stop, was dropping us\u00a0boys off at the USS Lexington.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It was very cool to be able to tour this enormous ship. \u00a0They had lots of information and history but I felt like you needed to arrive with a pretty solid background to really appreciate a lot of it. \u00a0 Caden and Dacen are both writing posts about it so I won’t say too much about it here. \u00a0My favorite part was being on the deck. \u00a0The ship is huge, no doubt,\u00a0but it seems ridiculous to try to launch a plane with such a short run way…and landing seems like suicide. \u00a0My hat’s off to the guy who first even considered this a possibility. \u00a0I once had the privilege of doing a road trip and backpacking trip with a pair of navy pilots who shared so many great stories of their time in the cockpit and what it was like launching from and landing on the deck of a carrier. \u00a0Thank you Mr. Tanner and Mr. Sumner…that was an amazing weekend for many reasons, two of them being you. \u00a0From the deck it was a looooooonng way down to the water, but there was a sign describing rogue waves<\/a> capable of towering over the deck of that monster ship….amazing.<\/p>\n

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Torpedo<\/p><\/div>

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Big gun<\/p><\/div>

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Each link weighs 130lbs<\/p><\/div>

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Knot a picture<\/p><\/div>

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Fifth wheel bunkhouse pretty posh compared to this<\/p><\/div>

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Bad boys<\/p><\/div>

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On the flight deck<\/p><\/div>

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F-14 Tomcat<\/p><\/div>

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Young pilots<\/p><\/div>

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Shoot 'em up<\/p><\/div>

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Shoot 'em down<\/p><\/div>

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War face<\/p><\/div>

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Blue Angels<\/p><\/div>

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Boys on deck<\/p><\/div>

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\"Lady Lex\"<\/p><\/div><\/div>