The USS Ronald Reagan spent this past weekend near the Santa Barbara harbor. Beth had to work all 4 days they were here, but Dale was able to spend some time on the warf and downtown. I did see the ship for brief glimpses on the way to and home from work. They were about 1 mile from shore and the general public could not tour the ship, but we understood that if you struck up a conversation with a sailor, chances are they may have taken you aboard. Dale, Austin and I were able to tour the USS Missouri in the pre 911 era and that was good enough for us. Dale mentioned he saw a lot of very young sailors in uniform and he was able to thank some of them for what they are doing for all of us. We seem to have 2 goals when out and about - anyone who wants a picture taken with everyone in the photo gets to have one (not everyone wants to hand over their camera to a couple of strangers) and we thank military personnel for a job well done.
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