Corpus Sightseeing

Today was fun :)

Hung around the train until 2pm, then took the bus to the venue and from there Jason, Jerome and I walked about a mile down to the Harbor Ferry. There's only one bridge connecting North Beach to South Beach here, and there's no walking path, so the only other way across is the shuttle or the ferry.

After a nice 15 minute boat ride, we decided to visit the USS Lexington museum.

The ship was so huge, we only had time to visit the lower decks and the flight deck. The lower decks had crew living quarters, dentist and doctors' offices and operation rooms, repair shops, mess hall, chapel, and lots of other features. Jerome, who has played on a cruise ship before, said that the features of this ship are very much the same and was able to tell us about lots of things like life rafts, living quarters, maintenence, etc. In each area there was showcased memorabilia like purple heart medals, letters and telegrams, items found on deck after kamikaze crashes...it was very cool.

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