Children Discovery Museum

Chrissy and I took our children to the children's museum. They had SO much fun! They played instruments, painted a car, played dress up, played grocery shop, played pizza parlor, and climbed a rock wall. All in a day's play!

The Indoor Exhibit

After walking around 20 acres and seeing 54 different aircraft we decided to go in and see what was inside the indoor exhibit. We saw a pilot seat, model planes, engines and an actual cockpit! It was pretty neat.

Uncle Tom's plane

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Uncle Tom was in the Air Force! Actually, he was in the Air Force from 1964-1968 and he was stationed here in Merced, CA and here is where he met my Auntie Karen. :)
While he was here he worked on the Convair F-106 Delta Dart as part of the 456th FIS, stationed at Castle AFB. I took loads of pictures of the children next to the Interceptor. The Interceptor could reach speeds of Mach 2 and saw service during the Vietnam War and was used to patrol the West Coast during the Cold War. (per the visitor's guide)

Castle Air Museum

Auntie Karen, Auntie Kathy, the kids, and I went to Castle Air Museum today. We were there for almost 2 hours. We saw every plane on the grounds and there are 55 out there! Jax wanted me to take his picture next almost all of the planes. He had a great time!!
He loved the bombers most. Probably because they were the largest planes out there. He spent a lot of time checking out a B-52 Stratofortress and an RB-36 Peacemaker. When he saw the RB-36 he pretty much ran past all the other planes until he got to it. It was hilarious.
He liked seeing a helicopter too. And all the jets got him excited. I think it was cute that he kept saying, "Wow!! Another one!!" over and over again. :)