Popeye's San Diego vacation

Guys I'm in San Diego visiting my grown kids. My daughter graduated from Point Loma HS this past Tuesday. She will be attending the University of California at Berkley. In fact she is starting this summer taking some "AP" courses. I do not know why.

I will post a few pics of my vacation for you...

This past Monday I went to one of my old ships the USS Midway which now serves as the San Diego aircraft carrier musuem...

1) Entrance is abrest deck edge elevator #1
2) My son,Alex, and myself in the Brig!
3) Popeye signing in because I was a crewmember of CVA-41.
4) Dauntless Dive Bomber on the hangar deck.
5) Popeye standing in front of his old work center.

Popeye on the flight deck of CV-41...& a pic of my son in the display cockpit of an E-2C.

bd popeye said:

Popeye on the flight deck of CV-41...& a pic of my son in the display cockpit of an E-2C.

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like a true sailor! Even when visiting another city, still spending all of your time on ships! Hope you are having fun.

tphuang said:

like a true sailor! Even when visiting another city, still spending all of your time on ships! Hope you are having fun.

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That's right!! Too bad for me and you guys pictures on base are no longer allowed ..Otherwise I would bomb this site with USN pics... I do love just going to the 32nd ST naval station and just looking at the ships. That makes popeye very happy...:nana:

Tomorrow I will post a few pics of my daughters graduation....

well if you ever come to our Turku, remember visit our naval museum with one Minelayer (300 tons and 56m) and one gun boat (660 tons and 74 m) They propaply feel like some lifeboats to someone whos custom with aircraft carriers thougth:coffee:

Gollevainen said:

well if you ever come to our Turku, remember visit our naval museum with one Minelayer (300 tons and 56m) and one gun boat (660 tons and 74 m) They propaply feel like some lifeboats to someone whos custom with aircraft carriers thougth:coffee:

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I felt crampped when I went to sea on my son's ship. And it was a Tico!!!

1) my gran kids..Tamia & Issac
2) my sister,Cathye, My son Alex. my ex-wife. & my oldest son Jerremy
3) Popeye and that future Cal student my daughter Sabrina.
4) my oldest son Jerremy & his wife(left)
5) About 5000+ attendent the graduation. Pt Loma HS has over 2900 students grades 9-12.

My daughter got another scholarship check on graduation day for $8000..Cha ching!!!!

bd popeye said:

Popeye on the flight deck of CV-41...& a pic of my son in the display cockpit of an E-2C.

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A-7, F-4, E2-C. Great pics Popeye! Thanks so much for sharing with us...and God's best to your daughter. Sounds like she has a great start, and we all know she's had a great Dad to help her.

Jeff Head said:

A-7, F-4, E2-C. Great pics Popeye! Thanks so much for sharing with us...and God's best to your daughter. Sounds like she has a great start, and we all know she's had a great Dad to help her.

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I am humbled by your remarks Jeff.. Thanks so much!

The Midway is so cool the way it is set up. They give you this head set and as you pass by the exhibits you will see a number on the exhibit. You smiply push that number on yopur head set to gather info about the exhibit. Of course Big Daddy Popeye did not really need the head phones. There are also old salts on board to explain things such as the Co & Admrials quaters, Bridge, Firerooms, Plot room., engineering....Also on board they have flight simulators on the hangar deck. There are numerous aircraft on the hangar and flight deck...A-4, A-7, F-3, F-4, F-U, F-18, A-3, F-8, F-14, S-3, E2-C & RA-5C. Heuy, Ch-46, C-2, SH-3 etc..etc....it is awesome . We spent over three hours on board.

For some reason the F-18 has the desert paint scheme...It is susposed to be from "Top Gun".... I'm sorry I did not take more pictures..

The Midway musuem is the number #2 tourist attracton in San Diego. drawing over 1,000,000 visitors a year...



This page, while a couple of years old has hundreds of pics of the Midway as a musuem

What a great museum. I thought Intrepid was good but this looks even better.

Great looking family too Popeye. You must be proud of them.

A question I have to ask:

Was that the first time you have been shut in Midway's brig?

Cheers

Gollevainen said:

well if you ever come to our Turku, remember visit our naval museum with one Minelayer (300 tons and 56m) and one gun boat (660 tons and 74 m) They propaply feel like some lifeboats to someone whos custom with aircraft carriers thougth:coffee:

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or popeye can come to the NSF fleet base museum that I went to last summer. Unfortunately, all they had were the oldest ship weapons, a few J-6s + ship models of 052s/051B. I did take a lot of those pictures, too bad I don't know where they are now.

My daughter got another scholarship check on graduation day for $8000..Cha ching!!!!

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congratulations! and you have a real beautiful daughter. (not trying to hit on her, I promise, hehe)