Saturday, June 29, 2019

...San Antonio...Day FIVE...

...we were able to pick up our Airman at 0800 and he had "Town Pass" again...
...but we actually did a little bit more "sightseeing" on base...
...it was just fun walking around looking at all the interesting planes...
...reading all of the placards...
...and marveling at how big all the aircraft are...
...a lot of them have these plaques with a story...
...then we drove back across base to see the Airman's Museum...we're learning our way around pretty well...
...it was pretty typical of this type of museum...
...with little vignettes set up depicting different things in an Airman's life...
...you could see into the cockpit of this cutaway...
...the gateway...
...the women's uniform display was really interesting...I loved the seersucker dresses...they look pretty cool and comfy...and the men's display used to have shorts as an option...I know our Airman wishes they still had them...haha...
...the 1970s exhibit shows a recruit getting a haircut...and he had really long hair...funny...
...this present day exhibit shows the dormitory...Our Airman said it's pretty accurate except they no longer have bunkbeds...the towel and the shoes lined up were accurate though...and he explained that it's actually someone's 'duty' to take a "boot board" and go through the dorm and make sure everyone's boots are perfectly in line...
...then we headed back to the Airbnb to do whatever Our Airman wanted to do...which was basically nothing...here he is calling his Grandma's...sweet...

~Have a lovely day!

4 comments:

  1. Looks like a fun visit. Glad you got to spend so much time with him.

    Love, K

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  2. Awesome scenes and sites. The Airman looks so nice in his uniform. Glad that you got to spend time together.

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    1. Thanks Penny,
      ...we had such a good visit...it's so bittersweet when they grow up and leave home...
      ~Affectioknit-ly,
      Teresa

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  3. So interesting to see the history of an armed service, especially one which is the newest.

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