Saturday 26 May 2007
It was strange to see several aircraft carriers at the same time - that would not happen at home. The Iwo Jima was launched in 2000, it is the 2nd one of that name. We also saw the Harry S Truman and the Eisenhower which has just returned from an 8 month deployment. We saw the news film of the men being reunited with their families, I remember that feeling! We caught the little paddle ferry across the River Elizabeth yesterday.
Harry S Truman (33rd president) once said - 'appeasement of evil is not the road to peace'.
This is the rose garden at Huntington Park, the smell was amazing. Imagine all that dead-heading
This is the view from the marina in Portsmouth where we had our afternoon cold drink - we needed it!
This little paddle boat is the ferry that takes people across to Norfolk. It only takes a few minutes but it is a nice way to get there.
This is Memorial Day weekend and there are many planned events happening in Yorktown and Williamsburg. The shops are going to have Memorial Day sales on Monday. They often seem to have major sales on the Monday after a holiday weekend.
