Sunday, March 28, 2010

Tiger Cruise 2010 (draft)

Uncle Fred arrived on Saturday, went out for Thai food.
Darren arrived Sunday afternoon, went to Tutta Bella, hung out, etc
Monday, ran errands then headed over to the ship.
Took the ferry to Bremerton.
Checked in for the Tiger Cruise.
Darren took Allie, Fred and I on a tour of the ship, berthing, hangar deck, flight deck, Flag bridge, office.
Bid Allie good bye, settled down in the bunks.

Tuesday morning, got up early, ship got under way. Suprisingly nimble for such a huge ship. Stood on flight deck for a while, past Bremerton and past Seattle, past Whidby.
Tours in the Hangar bay
Deck tour (deck hands, fantail, anchor, lines)
Air/Nav tour (Flag bridge, Nav bridge, Air bridge)

Wednesday
Air show, postponed due to weather
No live ordance because of course change to avoid weather :/
Supersonic flyby!
Min radius turn

Thursday

Friday
Pulled into port in San Diego
Sailors "manned the rails" in dress blues.
big reception
Darren proposed to Kina (she said yes)
back to the apt for lunch and R&R
picked up allie in the evening

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