After the trip when we were driving back we were basically in the get home
quick mode but we did stop in Mississippi to tour a battleship and a
submarine. I was totally enraptured with all kinds of martial
technology at the time so it was a great stop for me. My sisters and
brother did not seem to share my enthusiasm and
after we had toured the battle ship they were ready to go but I
insisted we check out the sub. I was fascinated by
the size of the battleship and its impressive guns but I fell
right in love with the submarine. It was so technological and sleek,
everything was as cool as it could possible be the controls the
engines the periscope which
really looked like they do in the movies. It was awesome. I was not
impressed by the lack of privacy and
the tiny bathrooms but I loved how everything was exactly placed and
intricately integrated. I spent the next two days of our ride
home drawing submarines and designing one of my own. It turned out
that I may have not fully grasped the difficulty of
the technological challenges the
fine engineers of the military sub had overcome but the seed was planted and it was sub
or die. I almost got my wish but that is a story for another day.
