Trip to USS Alabama

In February, on President's Day weekend, we took a mini-vacation to Mobile, Alabama. While we were there, we toured the USS Alabama Ship and a Submarine and the following day we went to a children's museum. Here are some fun pictures from our trip.

Kids standing in front of a canon in front of the visitor's center at the USS Alabama.

Here is Ryan sitting in one of the 100 or so gunner seats on the ship. This is his 'ready for battle' look.

This ship is apparently the only US ship/museum to allow visitor access to the heavy bomb storage room. They aren't loaded anymore, and the kids had fun playing with them.

Here we are making our way over to the smaller submarine. We had 30 minutes left before closing, so this was a quick tour through the sub. Fortunately there aren't many side rooms in a submarine, you go in one end and walk in a straight line from room to room until you come out the other end.

The gang, being goofy!

This was the submarine captain's room. Pretty cramped, but he is the only one to not share his cabin with someone else.

Here we are inside the submarine. Ryan couldn't wait to discover the next room, so he is probably already through the door behind Seth. I love Amy's backpack. I got it for "free" (exchanged for 2 points) at the clothing swap that I co-run at our church. It had never been used and still had the tag on it. At the time this picture was taken, Amy was not quite potty trained, so it held a couple of pull ups and a small container of wipes. Nothing like having your own child carry around their own diaper bag! :-)

This was taken at the children's museum. Amy was a "Wharf of Wonder" Kid. The only one under 5yrs old in our family who was able to go in a special area for little kids. She had fun for a little while but I think she preferred being with her brothers, so we soon joined Seth and the boys who were in the room next door.

Amy fishing plastic crabs and fish out of the ball pit next to the fishing boat.

Kids being goofy again. They are posing in front of their hand prints.