Summer Journey - Virginia Beach

It's Saturday morning ... what a day we had yesterday. John and I picked up Kayla, our great granddaughter, at school -- it was their last day ... she is headed for the fourth grade next year. Here she is:

                                                                           

Is that a cutie pie or what! After lunch at Quiznos we headed down into Norfolk to the Nauticus to explore the power of the sea. It is a marvelous museum-like place that covers a naval museum, lots of info on the bay  and its ecostructure, hands-on stuff to interact with you ... just too many things to do and learn something from. They had a hurricane simulator and here are four pics of Kayla at no wind, maybe 30 mph, about 50 mph then 78 mph (they may not be in order; look for the hard to see wind speed above her head):

                                                                                 
Berthed next to the Nautilus was the battleship USS Wisconsin. What a marvelous ship! We toured all over it ... inside and out. One can easily see if you were over six feet tall, a hard hat would not be optional!

Oh yes ... ran into a mermaid during our visit:

More later ... we are headed for our annual crab feast today .... a bushel of  wonderful Chesapeake Blues with sweet corn ... can't wait!