We have been staying at the Admiral Baker RV Park outside of San Diego for almost ten days now. In the past you had to be past or current military to stay here but now it is open to the general public.  We have enjoyed our stay here which included an unexpected fireworks display one night from the nearby San Diego Stadium.  We later learned it was one of the biggest fireworks shows west of the Mississippi and a San Diego tradition which includes a musical soundtrack synchronized to fireworks from all over the world.

We also went to see the USS Midway aircraft carrier located in San Diego.  The Midway was one of America’s longest-serving aircraft carriers with over sixty exhibits, 29 restored aircraft, and two flight simulators.  Over 225,000 sailors served aboard this vessel during her time in service.

USS Midway was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned a week after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955,

She was commissioned in 1945 at the end of World War 2 and was decommissioned in 1992, serving during the Vietnam War and was the Persian Gulf flagship during Operation Desert Storm.

F-4 Phantom II fighter, this is the first aircraft that I built training simulators for

F-4 Phantom II

Midway could launch a massive aircraft about every 60 seconds

The control room for launching and landing planes

Officer quarters

Enlisted rank quarters

Just like in an RV when you need to save water: get wet, soap up then rinse off.

Unconditional Surrender is a three-dimensional interpretation of a photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt of a Sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, New York City on Aug. 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day.