USS North Carolina

About August 9 or so,  I took Lon and his friend Autzen up to see the USS North Carolina in Wilmington North Carolina.  It took a bit longer than we thought to get up there, but it was a fun drive up there!

The boys looked at almost everything in the pre boarding museum.  There have been several ships called the USS North Carolina.

Boarding the ship.

Ship's bell

The BIG guns!

The boys then took the camera and toured the ship.  I was having a hard time with my knee. The boys knew not to leave the ship for any reason without me.  
The boys had fun.

 Lon found some of the most interesting signs

A view from way up high!

Gators are everywhere!

Good Friends

operating the guns!

We had originally planned to do some mini golf on the way home but we ran out of time. We did stop at Friendly's for a late lunch, early dinner in Myrtle Beach.
We will go back and do some mini golf !

On the way home, the boys decided to play war. Being themselves, they decided to divide the world before they started playing. From memory, they would trade countries and explain why they wanted or did not want a country based on war readiness or economics.  No one wanted Greece. Austrailia was left to the Emus, except for Tasmania.   It was such a joy for me to listen to them.