2nd Grade Field Trip to the U.S.S. Lexington

These two volunteers way laid me as I was waiting for the bus to arrive. They were really nice and I enjoyed talking with them. One is retired from NASA and the other is the only Army man amongst the volunteers and he gets a lot of ribbing for it too.

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I was asked if I was the class photographer...

Nope I just wanted to get some interesting photos today!
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While the children were being given the drill I wandered off and saw this Kayaker out in the waves, ekk. The winds were awful and I'm pretty sure there was a red flag warning out. The water was rough and I wouldn't have even tried what he was doing, sheesh!
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We have a membership to the Lexington but seldom do I get to stop and actually read the informative signs. The Swimmer vehicle is pictured below. I love the last sentence. (you can click on the above photo to read the sign)

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The volunteers worked with the children regarding Energy and Kinetics.

I thought we were going to tour the ship but found out later that was not the type of tour that was booked. So sad as most of these Children had never been to the Lexington and they never got to see or hear about the History of the Lady Lex.

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Michael said he enjoyed learning about what was taught but then he's been on the Lexington quiet a few times and had seen the ship from top to bottom. So this was a different experience for him and I'm glad he enjoyed it.
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Once again I wandered off...I found this and thought it was pretty neat, Knots!

The History of knots, it was pretty interesting.

(click on the photo if you'd like to read it)
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Back to the Children and their work out :o)
The volunteers did a great job of doing hands on with the kids.
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Waiting for the movie...

I had to laugh...The movie started and after 10 minutes most of the children lost interest. I thought it was an interesting movie. It was regarding the design and building of a modern aircraft from the beginning to end but not a movie that most 2nd graders would be interested in...Later when I asked Michael what he thought about the movie he said he liked it and he did watch most of it too while most of the other children goofed off and wiggled. Michael sure does like his airplanes and I'm glad he enjoyed the movie.
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One of the teachers with her class.
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Lunch on the beach!

To me the best part of the whole trip!
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One of the parents started feeding the seagulls, sigh!

The kids loved it, me not so much! But I did get some cool photos!
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I had brought Michael's sandals so he headed straight for the water, ugh!

And before you know it the other children had their shoes off and were playing in the waves, uh oh! I told them to stay out of the water but not one of them listened, lol...

I don't think the teachers were too happy with me but hey maybe they should have been over there watching the kids. I did make sure that none of them went out into the water and I wasn't going to leave them un-watched to go tell, they were having fun!

To me Field trips are suppose to be fun and at least they had a little bit :o)

Michael stayed with me while the other Children got back on the bus and headed back to school.

More photos to follow as we stayed at the Beach for a bit and then headed too Indian Point Park.