A photo story

On a carrier flight deck

Laura and I on the flight deck of the USS Midway in San Diego, in December 2024. The flight deck was cool. It was a mild afternoon, around 62, with a mostly clear sky and almost no wind. We stood up there together and I took the photo.

We did the tour while we were stuck in San Diego for the holidays, getting our car worked on. We blew the motor and got stuck there for three weeks.

But boo hoo, we got stuck in the best place to celebrate Christmas, in my opinion. This photo is from that stretch, out on the flight deck.

The Midway is a retired aircraft carrier, now the USS Midway Museum, tied up on the San Diego waterfront. The flight deck still has aircraft parked out in the open, and you can walk the deck the way the crews once did.