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Visiting the Battleship New Jersey
This past Sunday, I went with the Feulner family to visit the Battleship New Jersey in Camden, New Jersey.
Phyllis Feulner and I won tickets to go aboard the Battleship from our journey to the NBC-10 "10!" Show in July. Since we each were given a pair of tickets, I mentioned to Phyllis that it'd be great if we could take her hubby Keith and daughter Brittany along for the ride.
We left Phoenixville around 12:30 p.m. and made our way to New Jersey within an hour, considering the Eagles traffic as well. There was one brief gaper delay, but we survived.
Prior to going aboard the Battleship, we stopped at the gift shop to do a little
browsing. Brittany got herself a t-shirt, while I was thinking about getting a dog tag. That was until I was informed that they weren't making any because they ran out of tags. Oh well!
So after placing all of the cell phones on vibrate, we walked down the pier towards the Battleship. Once we walked up the stairwell, we crossed over the gangplank and were greeted by an officer.
Remembering my days in the service, I saluted the officer and respectfully requested permission for the Feulner family to come aboard ship.
After a return salute and acceptance, we followed the mandatory red line on the floor to which would lead us on our own tour.
We went throughout the entire Battleship, as I pointed out some of the stuff I encountered while I was in the Navy. The triple stack beds, the mess decks, the walkways and corridors - it brought back a lot of memories. It was nice to share my experiences with the Feulners, as they were interested in hearing about that time in my life.
I remembered having to strip and wax several corridors in my lifetime, and the awful slider hamburgers and bug juice that was served in the mess decks.
We took plenty of pictures and had a lot of laughs. Okay, we broke away from following the red line a few times, and only got caught once. I'm sure the officers were glad to see us go, just like they were when I left the service back in the 80s.
It was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and we'd highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the military and ships.
Phyllis Feulner and I won tickets to go aboard the Battleship from our journey to the NBC-10 "10!" Show in July. Since we each were given a pair of tickets, I mentioned to Phyllis that it'd be great if we could take her hubby Keith and daughter Brittany along for the ride.
We left Phoenixville around 12:30 p.m. and made our way to New Jersey within an hour, considering the Eagles traffic as well. There was one brief gaper delay, but we survived.
Prior to going aboard the Battleship, we stopped at the gift shop to do a little
browsing. Brittany got herself a t-shirt, while I was thinking about getting a dog tag. That was until I was informed that they weren't making any because they ran out of tags. Oh well!So after placing all of the cell phones on vibrate, we walked down the pier towards the Battleship. Once we walked up the stairwell, we crossed over the gangplank and were greeted by an officer.
Remembering my days in the service, I saluted the officer and respectfully requested permission for the Feulner family to come aboard ship.
After a return salute and acceptance, we followed the mandatory red line on the floor to which would lead us on our own tour.
We went throughout the entire Battleship, as I pointed out some of the stuff I encountered while I was in the Navy. The triple stack beds, the mess decks, the walkways and corridors - it brought back a lot of memories. It was nice to share my experiences with the Feulners, as they were interested in hearing about that time in my life.
I remembered having to strip and wax several corridors in my lifetime, and the awful slider hamburgers and bug juice that was served in the mess decks.
We took plenty of pictures and had a lot of laughs. Okay, we broke away from following the red line a few times, and only got caught once. I'm sure the officers were glad to see us go, just like they were when I left the service back in the 80s.
It was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and we'd highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the military and ships.
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