Sunday, July 30, 2017

July 15th - Pirate ship!

Pirate Ship. The real thing ;)
A had a blast. For the rest of us, it was ok.

The pirates,


Pirate in training ;)


The ship,


The kids :)


The treasure,


The view from the ship,



The conversation between the pirate and the kid :)



After the pirate ship, the kids (yes, the three boys :) ), went on for more fun.




Niagara Falls

After the museum, we headed up to Niagara Falls. The border between the US and Canada.
Our good intentions were not enough.
It was POURING!





and since we had been already there 7 years ago, we decided to let it go and only took the rainbow with us :)









July 14th. New York State.

New York State.
Here the grass is definitely greener than ours :)





First stop: food!!!!!!
Can't remember the name of this place, but their portions were HUGE and DELICIOUS. What a combination!!!!!





Next stop: Buffalo, NY.
Naval and Military Park



On the way, we saw this cool decorated building. Have no clue what it was, but it was awesome, so, we took a pic. :)



Arrived at the naval and maritime park!




We visited two war ships and a submarine. All real. No Disney here. Even the smell was real (yayks!)



The "sick room" - freaky...



State of the art communications system ;)



And the missiles. Yep. War ship. Remember?







Headed downstairs, to the cabins and control systems...



Gun Fire Control Computer.



The Captain's headquarters.
Luxurious!



 Officer's restroom and showers



The "people's" rooms. Tight!



Nice shower! - not...

                 

16 of these in a tiny room. Super cramped. If you are claustrophobic, don't even think about it!



More communications.



A is ready to shoot! Watch out!!!





Now onto the submarine. Tight and claustrophobic is not enough saying. Did I mention tight? ;)
To go from section to section (there were a ton of those!) one has to go through these small, tight (yep, tight) openings where you need to elevate your leg to the height of your knee to be able to put it in the other side and cross the opening sideways because there's no way that in that crouched position a human can trespass those doors facing front.


Just in case you wouldn't believe me, here is THE demonstration of tight in this submarine. Imagine yourself sitting here :)


What does a submarine carry? Missiles! Big ones!


Bye bye, Croaker!


Saturday, July 29, 2017

July 13th. Where are we going next?

Pennsylvania!



Pesque Isle State Park, PA
Green and beautiful.
 



That's it. No more pics. It started pouring!!!! and we had to head back to the campground.
See you tomorrow.