Greetings from the Monarch of the seas!

[cbremer]

Last night of the cruise, heading north from Ensenada back to san pedro. got to see the USS Midaway in san diego, went ATV riding in ensenada wine country, drank entirely too much (just ask erin-she's paying the bill!!!!)

pics to come tomorrow if i'm awake, or saturday. fun stuff!!!


what did you all do this week??

:hat:

[swbooking]

Cruises are the BEST! I went on one last year. Puerto Villarta, Cabo, Mazanillia, New Years in Alcapulco, and Mazatlan. Hope your havin fun! Hey i was in Ensenada last weekend!

[USMC 0369]

After a very long break at work, we began training again this week. Monday we pick up our first of seven back to back battalions.

Back to the grind...

I wanna take the wife on an Alaskan Cruise for our 5th Anniversary... I hear they're great.

[swbooking]

Thats where i wanna go next. An Alaskan cruise would be so nice. :thumbs: for the plan!

[maddmike]

i just went to alaska last fall. it is absolutely phenomenal. i'll start another thread for the pics and info since i don't want to hijack this one.

[sarah]

Hey Chuck, yer a jerk! We've been working all week!

[cbremer]

OK, Mr. Punctuality checking in :-D

Finally got the pics resized and uploaded... they're a bit out of order for some reason (my camera likes to do that).

Erin, Erin's parents and I went on the 4 night cruise to San Diego, Catalina, and Ensenada just for sh!ts & giggles. It was her parents' first cruise ever, so they were pretty excited. I did take the tour of the USS Midway, but didn't take many interior pics since most of the ship was quite dark. the tour guide said that the most common injury to the sick bay (when the ship was in service) was head lacerations- lots of the walkways had less than 6 feet of headroom, so you had to walk slightly stooped or crack your head on some plumbing or a bulkhead

anyways, on to the main event:

San Pedro at night


Fire boat


SD Maritime museum- Star of India, the boat from Master & Commander, and a Soviet-era submarine (plus a few others i didn't take pics of)




USS Ronald Reagan


Exterior shots of the Midway



F9F Panther


Aircraft elevator/patio area


SNJ Trainer/aka T-6 Texan


C-1 Trader/aka S2 Tracker


F-14 Tomcat w/cutaway of cannon




F/A-18 Hornet painted as a MiG


S-3 Viking


RA-5 Vigilante


A-6 Intruder


the "meatball" glide slope/landing lights


flight deck from the superstructure


H-46 Sea Knight


Erin's step-sister Nicole in the Air Boss' chair

[cbremer]

our ship from Catalina/views of Avalon








the Arcade (with the Penny family's heads in the lower left!)


towel monkey our room steward made


erin & I on quads during the wine country tour, reppin' MJR


erin's parents


the Winery we visited (Vinisterra)- we bought 2 bottles


out of order pics-
Coast Guard seeing us out of LA Harbor the first day


Vincent Thomas Bridge


SS Lane Victory



more VTB (with lights on)





forward anchor deck just before we left the dock (i liked the lighting)


night shots of the VTB and port buildings as we sailed out Monday evening




fun!

[JeepGal]

woot...man, Im sorry we missed the trip!

NEXT TIME!

Tam

[Mtbikbob]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Rubigirl]

great pic's! loved it!

[Old Fart]

LOL, the Carnival cruise we went on last year (Parrotheads), the room steward makes animals too. We;ll be doing it again in March, Western Carribbean this time.