Sunday, September 22, 2013

Fort Moultrie and Patriot's Point

On Wednesday we went over to Mt. Pleasant/Sullivan's Island to visit Fort Moultrie and Patriot's Point.  First up was the fort, which is older than Fort Sumter and on the mainland instead of out on the harbor.






Tony and Dave up in some kind of lookout.















Dave was really proud of this cannon.










It was a cool place to walk around, but not a ton to do with the kids.  It was also not stroller friendly, so Josh and Tony were really tired of carrying the stroller up and down stairs.  We stayed for maybe 30 minutes because the guys were playing golf later and wanted to get through as much of Patriot's Point as they could.  

Patriot's Point is awesome!  Definitely worth it if you like history or have a kid who is obsessed with boats/planes.  They have the USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), a submarine called the Clamagore, and the USS Laffey (destroyer).  When I asked Josh what his favorite activity was on our trip he said Patriot's Point without hesitation.  It was so neat to see first-hand some of the equipment used by the military.






Forced family picture with the USS Yorktown in the background.  




Dave was bummed he couldn't get in this helicopter.




Tony and Dave watching a video of this plane taking off.




I can't remember if this is the front or the back of the Yorktown, but it looks cool either way.





Dave seeing what it's like to live aboard a submarine.





Mom and Ike in the hallway of the destroyer.




Up on shoulders! 




Tony and I posing for mom.  We have a picture of us in this same spot when we were little.

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