070730 - So we all got up in good time and got ready. It was raining pretty hard so we decided to head down towards Newport News to a hobby shop... We made the 20 min trip arriving about 10:45 to see that it was closed until 12: Damn. Knowing the boys wouldn't last waiting, We headed towards a gas station to refuel and find a local. I found an old dude and asked him what there was to do. He had loads of suggestions and rattled them off so fast I don't remember 3/4ths of what he said. But he did say the kids would love the maritime museum: so off we went in search of the museum. Good luck was with us we found it with no problem. Except there was a hand written note on the door 'Closed today only due to electrical problems' DAMN DAMN! But in the true Grizwald fashion I kept a smile and pressed on... We stopped for a bite in a Wendy's, in fear that any other establishment would activate Grants sreaming trigger. About this time it was noon, so no fear we would go to the hobby store... The hobby store was a hit. Each boy got an aitplane model to build tonight and as luck would have it the owner told us about a 'Great museum for the boys', the Army transportation museum on a real army base. So we headed off in the direction of the base and passed the inspection to get in. We found the museum and all the huge tanks and helicopters anxious to see them up close. We sprinted to the front doors only to read 'Closed Mondays'... DAMN, DAMN, DAMN (boys are pointing to this fact in the pic).
So today I am Clark Griswald. Every wonderful vacation activity we tried was a disaster... If there was a moose around I would punch it!
Defeated we headed back to 'our camp' stopping to buy some little pirate guys... Then home for a quick play, bottle and then hopefully swim
