USS Yorktown's Bridge

As people know, I'm scared of heights. But I forced myself higher to the bridge of the mighty warship. The views were fantastic and I had the entire ship to myself. I saw two people the entire time so I screwed around and played with knobs and switches. I definitely imagined myself as Captain Hanson.

USS Yorktown

It was a lovely day and so I decided to head to Charleston, SC to see the USS Yorktown. This mighty fighting machine served as an excellent battlewagon during the Second World War earning 11 battle stars and fighting in incredibly important battles. She covered the landings at such famous places as Tarawa, participated in the Battle of the Phillipine Sea (largest naval battle ever fought), and helped sink the largest warship ever constructed. Nearly 14 stories from keel to bridge, she is a massive warship. I spent nearly six hours aboard her as you will see in the next posts.

Cranes & Sunrises

So I had to get up impossibly early to move my car that I had left at a bar. In doing so, I climbed to the top of the hill outside my hotel just as the sun was peaking over the horizon. I thought it was kind of awesome how the light had poked up so far to illuminate the distant landscape but still left the area directly in front of me absolutely pitch dark. Later that day I saw a tower crane being moved and I always wondered what those sections looked like when they were not assembled. Also, you can see a lumber truck in front of me and I'm always terrified one of those will slip off and impale me. Hence I changed lanes as soon as the opportunity arose.

Pumpkin Hunting

This weekend I decided to try out Washington, Georgia. It had been the former capitol of Georgia and had a neat downtown... unfortunately it was all closed up. Shot down the road a bit more and discovered a pumpkin patch with ziplines, an animal farm, and small little bridges. So many Georgia towns were torn up by the drought this year they turned to other means. I saw goats hiding on a tower which is apparently what makes them feel safe. I had a donkey fall in love with me and want nothing more than some good pets (and kept asking for more). I played a troll over the smallest bridge I have ever seen while closing off the day to give Paul Bunyan a nice hug. I am sure he enjoyed it. Mind you, my hotel now has a pumpkin sitting outside room 117 just to cheer people up.