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Outing Day

Today was mostly rainy, so we decided to make it our family outing day. Someone told us about a naval museum nearby that was free and really cool, so we checked that out. 

30,000 lb anchor
Flight suit that someone actually crashed and burned in and survived
Read some stories on the Medal of Honor wall. True heroes. 
Who doesn't love the Blue Angels?
Trying to be as cool as Chase

Then we needed some lunch and decided to try out this highly recommended local seafood place called Joe Patti's. The kids were skeptical but we told them to just think of it as an adventure. They ended up surprising us by actually liking the seafood! Popcorn shrimp and Basa fish. We also tried some other southern specialties: hush puppies, cheese grits, baked beans, and cole slaw. Everything was yum, but we didn't love the grits. 

After that we continued our adventure by going on a genealogy hunt. Rick found out that he has a 4th great grandfather named John Magee that we don't know much about, who lived near Mobile, Alabama. So we drove over there to see what we could find. We ended up finding the original house and farm that his son Jacob Magee owned as well as the cemetery where Grandpa Magee was buried. It was pretty cool. And the woman who currently owns the house and property even stopped by randomly and gave us a little tour. 


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