Morning Drive 5/7/2013

This morning I went for a drive instead of a walk.  I started out this morning about 7:30 am and made the 1 1/2 hour drive to Fredricksberg, TX.  Of course, leaving my house at 7:30 and driving from the southeast side to the northwest side of San Antonio in rush hour traffic might not seem to be the best time to be starting out but I continue to be amazed at traffic in San Antonio.  There were a couple of places where the traffic slowed down to about 30 MPH but for the most part, it flowed right along and I didn’t have any problems making it across town.

My main purpose of going to Fredricksberg was to tour the National Museum of the Pacific War.  If you have not been there, you ought to plan a trip and see it.  There are a lot of exhibits there and all of them are displayed where there is a lot of interaction while still protecting the artifacts.

They allow photos but not flash due to the many documents they are trying to protect.  They also keep it dark in most places for the same reason.  I will include a few of the photos I took but not all due to my limitation of being able to transfer data.

This is one of the Japanese two man submarines used in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A B-25 like the ones that made the Doolittle Raid on Japan shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

There is an area outside dedicated to the men and women who served.

The walkway and wall is covered with names of individuals, units and ships that served during WWll.