Japan Battleship Mikasa

On Sunday we went to church with just the kids and us.  We made it there on time and everything worked out without a problem.

 Then one day I took the older kids, while Jacquelyn stayed home with Calista, to see the Battleship Mikasa.  Scarlett also wanted to stay home with grandma.  We had to ride our bikes there.  Tucker led, then Penelope, then Leon (lagging behind but pedaling and working very hard to keep up with his littler bike), and then me.  It was a long hard ride for Leon, but we all made it.

 Battleship Mikasa in the distance.  The ship was used in the Japanese-Russian War.

 Statue of a famous Japanese Captain.

 Comm room.

 View from the lookout.

 The main deck.  I let the kids run around and explore where ever they wanted, but they stayed together as a group.

 Inside they had gaming stations where you could use virtual reality to pilot the Battleship in the big naval battle of the war.  Penelope and Tucker at VR stations.

 Leon at a virtual reality station.

 They had a room full of tons of models of the battleship made out of all different kinds of material by children from the elementary schools that come to visit on field trips.  I think the lego one was the kids favorite.

 Exploring the deck.

Battle stations! Battle stations! All hands on deck, attack, attack, attack.

 Tucker manning a gun.

 Penelope manning a gun.  You could actually swivel them around and raise them up and down.

 Anther game room where you could play this battleship fighting game.  Tucker, Leon, and Penelope all busily engaged.

 A view down the front deck with the main guns.

 The top of the back deck.  Leon exploring.

We had a lot of fun running all over the battleship.