Chaosbutterfly

My dad and I went down to Tampa with a couple of his friends to tour the American Victory. In WWII, the US was putting out a "Victory" cargo ship about once per day. This one has been restored and is docked in Tampa. My dad’s friends, Eugene and June are volunteers down there and they gave me and my dad an insider’s tour of the ship. This thing is huge. It has a capacity of around 300 container cars. Compare with Elissa’s tiny 8 car capacity and you get the picture. It has this huge Steam turbine – Diesel engine that seems to go down for ever.  We saw bits of this ship that no one ever sees.

In other news, I start the trip home tomorrow.  It’s been busy here with parties and all and I’m ready to go home.  I get to Pensacola in the evening.