Pacific Combat Zone & Luckenbach

Today I returned to the National Museum of the pacific War with Stan and Harry to visit a section called Pacific War Zone which we has not seen before.

An Avenger torpedo bomber, this specific plane did not see WWII action and was used on the west coast as a trainer.

This is PT 309 which saw action in the Pacific and Mediterranean during WWII.  After the war it ended up as a fishing charter boat on the east coast and was eventually restored at a cost of $750K.

This is a mock-up of a Japanese fortification on a pacific island.  There are several reenactments during the year so this means we'll have to return again!

Small tanks were used due to the confined spaces and vegetation on the islands....there were 3 men in this Japanese tank!  There is no way I'd ever come close to fitting in there even when I was a teenager.

                                              This Quonset hut shows a medical facility.

After the museum we had some extra time so we tooled on over to Luckenbach for a beer and music.  Unfortunately Willie, Wayland and the rest of the boys were not there but another group was along with a couple hundred spectators.

National Museum of the Pacific War

 Today we drove to Fredricksburg with John & Sharon to visit the National Museum of the Pacific War.  We were there several years ago but it has been enlarged so another visit is called for.  Here's Judy with Admiral Nimitz who is from Fredricksburg.

It was dark inside many of the exhibits so to get a picture I had to use the night setting so some of the colors are,,,,strange.

Side view of a rather small Australian tank..........

.Here's the tank from the front, notice you can see through it?  That's not from rust.  There was an audio of an Australian who was inside that tank when it was hit by Japanese fire and he survived.   He told of this experience.  His mates did not survive.

HitchHiker Hill Country Rally

                                             Here's tonight's group picture, can you find us?

                                                                      Burger flipping crew.

                                                                          Chow line.

After supper and the opening Steve & Susy brought out their karaoke equipment, here's our rally host's Stan and Connie.  Of course being Texans it was a Texas song.

                                                                     The front row.

                                                       Susy, Christine, John & Steve.

Who needs an expressway to drive fast?

Judy and I went to Ingram this afternoon for lunch and took the long way back to the campground and our home.  We drive along the Guadalupe River which was beautiful....sorry no pictures.  As you can see the speed limit is 70 on a two lane country road, who needs an expressway to do 70?  Gotta love Texas.

Muggles breakfast

This morning Judy made 4 skillets of muggles, the rally doesn't start until Wednesday but there are 10 or 15 rigs here already.  Many hadn't had muggles before but those that have been to HitchHiker rallies in the past have had muggles.  One skillet was left and will be served in a day or two at the 8am coffee.