If you're in Corpus Christi, it's hard to miss the U.S.S. Lexington, the World War II aircraft carrier permanently anchored in the bay. It was once called the Blue Ghost by the Japanese, but now it's lit up in blue lights as it sits at the entrance to the port. We'd checked it out before of course, as it's a pretty cool museum to walk through, but we got the opportunity a few weeks ago to sleep on board with the scouts, so we did just that. It's a pretty massive ship to explore, but we saw most of it, due to the boys getting to compete in a scavenger hunt and going through all of the upper and lower decks to find the answers. After doing that, the boys were too scared to listen to the ghost stories, but they had plenty of fun before sleeping in the old bunks like the sailors used to do back in the day.
Surviving the high winds on the flight deck!
Beautiful sunset over the bay...
Shooting down the fighter planes!
Just a couple of ghosts with the big Blue Ghost!
Our sleeping quarters for the evening. Not as bad as I thought it'd be, as I've honestly had worse nights' sleep. Definitely a fun experience!
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