Aquatic Adventures

About two weeks ago, Yogurl and I went to see the USS Midway. It's a retired air craft carrier which is now docked in San Diego Harbor and serves as a big ol' floating museum. A brother in our ward volunteers there, so he was able to get us in for free. Just the right price if you ask me! When you get on the ship, they give you a headset so that you can take a self guided tour. We went through the whole thing in order, but if you want to skip around, you just punch in the track number that is posted next to whatever you are looking at. It was a sweet museum. I really feel bad for those suckers in the Navy now. The corridors are all so tiny. I bumped my head well over a dozen times during the two hours we were there. Now I see why Navy stands for Never Again Volunteer Yourself. Yuck, yuck.
The first picture is Yogurl flying something or other. I don't remember what kind of aircraft it is, to be honest. The next one is me in the Midway brig. Being in the brig there would be among the worst punishments I could think of. Especially since on ship they can restrict your rations to just bread and water while you are in the brig. They can't get away with treating civilian prisoners like that.
After seeing the Midway, we went to Scripps Aquarium, which turned out to be a pretty big disappointment. They had a few cool fish, but overall it was small and devoted to teaching us about global warming. They did have moray eels, though. Those things are pretty nasty looking. Kinda like me when I wake up in the morning.
During the week, Condoleezza Rice came to visit Camp Pendleton. Big surprise, nobody knew about it. She spoke to the Marines on the Air Station, but nobody from my crew got to go, because we were at PT. Nobody bothered telling us that she was going to be there. No big deal right? Just the Secretary of State, who cares? I did get to see her as she was boarding her jet to depart, just from a ways away.
This past weekend Yogurl and I were planning to go visit my family. Well, Friday evening my crew chief calls and says they just found out about an arriving aircraft Saturday night, and that I had to go in to work. I didn't have to be in until 2045, so that still gave us plenty of time to go to the LA temple to see my brother and sister-in-law sealed. We just couldn't stay for too long afterwards. When we were driving to Santa Monica, we saw a message on my phone saying that the arrival time had changed and so I had to be into work two hours sooner. So right when the sealing was done, we said goodbye and took off for home. Then once we were well on our way, they called and said it had been pushed back again. Then at home they called again and said it was moved forward again. Anyway, I got in and everything went just fine. After all that hassle, he showed up at the originally scheduled time. I'm just glad we made it to the sealing. It was really awesome to be there for that.