Mike's Birthday

Today being my 64th (old hah?) birthday Cindy and I went out and celebrated. We went to the USS Midway Aircraft Museum on Harbor Drive. I've always wanted to see it and it was really interesting. There are a lot of pipes, cables and wires and low hanging ducts and low door ways you have to step over. In other words it is ugly, compared to a cruise ship. But I guess it has to be utilitarian and not a vacation ship. The sleeping q uarters are really compact. It has to be to fit 5000 people in all those bunks. The admiral has it pretty good though. He's the 0nly one that gets a real bed and his own bathroom and dining room. The top deck has two runways and is the size of 4 football fields. It was self guided tour with audio headphones so we learned a lot.

Then we were famished and went over to Seaport Village and ate at Buster's Beach cuisine. It has island type food. I had a delicious thin crust pizza and Cindy had a portabello wrap. For dessert we had a huge thin crust (like the pizza) with fresh tropical fruits on a layer of strusel. We're not eating much dinner tonight.

Thank you all for the nice birthday cards, virtual and real. What a great birthday!