3/20217....Went to the Marine Corp Museum in Quantico, VA. It was amazing and emotional walking through it and having Bill share with me about things ex used, rode on, and experienced

We were happy when we got here and saw this sign

Bill in front of the Museum

This is the kind of plane Bill flew in when he was in the service

Bill in front of the Devil Dog Diner!   Devil Dog was a motivational name for a Marine

We had a burger and fries.  It was cute because Bill wanted to hold up the tray with The United States Marine Corp on it.

Bill told me this is what he wore only he only had one canteen

These are pictures of Chaplains ministering and  people getting baptized

I never knew the North Vietnamese used all of these things (bear traps, spikes in holes in the ground,  etc. to hurt our guys.  The square thing by Bills right arm is what they strapped to themselves to blow up people.  

We walked through this fake replica helicopter.  They had it sounding realistic.  There were all sorts of wires on the walls inside.  That's what the enemy would try to shoot them down.  

Center of the Museum

Looking up in the center.  Sure is high

They had planes hanging in lots of places

Bill 

We climbed up 3 flights of stairs and took pictures along the way

Flight 93 National Memorial

Bill

It was a long building

The wreath placement spot.  People still put wreaths and flowers there

Some nice snow piles.

This is where you enter the museum.  It was closed so we just walked along this long wall and looked in the windows

There is a wall inside with all of the pictures of those who died there on it (not the terrorists of course)

These are some of the belongings of the victims

My Billy

Sign explaining where things are

If you look straight out from the white bridge rails, you can see a boulder.  That is the spot where the crash was.

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Love this etching in the glass overlooking the crash site.  It says, A common field one day.  A field of Honor forever! 

After we walked along the wall by the museum, we came out through the opening in this picture.  They had strips on this walkway marking the other hijacking plane crashes

This was the First World Trade Center

This is the Second World TradeCenter

This is the Pentagon

This is a model of the museum and displays

This is the drive out.  When we came in there were deer jumping out in front of us.
They were all over the place.  I never seen so many

Happy to see we had the pool all to ourselves.  It was so warm and nice.  Good to get exercise

Bill in the pool

Me in the pool

We got up and had a great breakfast at the Hotel.  Had scrambled eggs, sausage, fried potatoes, fruit, bagels.  Bill had a waffle too.  It was great!  The dining room was packed so a couple asked if they could sit with us.  (I had thought about asking them to sit with us when I saw them come in, but figured they might not want to so didn't)  Well, they asked us if they could sit with us.  She said she was seeing double for some reason.  We got to pray for them as soon as they sat down which was nice.They were so nice and the guy was in Vietnam when Bill was.  They live in Virginia right close to the Marine Corp. Museum, so gave us good tips and good directions and places to stay.  Her name was Ann and his was Grant.  He had just been diagnosed with Parkinson's.  He wasn't shaky but moved slower than he used to she said.  We talked a lot and then we shared about all the miracles God has done in our family.  They were very touched! We went to our room and then got ready to take off.  It was a nice and sunny day and a great drive.  After we had gone 100 miles, I realized that we had left our nice cooler Vikki and family had gotten me.  It was my favorite.  I forgot to empty the refrigerator.  Bill rolled the luggage cart in front of it and I didn't even think of it.  We always double check too since we forgot a favorite blanket when the kids were little.  I was bummed!!!  We got to the Museum and took lots of pictures.  It was so moving to go through this with Bill and hear all of his comments and stories.  They even had a bus like he rode on and the yellow footprints that led to the barber chair for their first haircut.  They even played the voices commanding them what to do when getting off the bus. We enjoyed ourselves so much even though it was emotional.  I learned much!  We got to Richmond, Va at 6:30 and went to our Hotel.  I called and booked it on our way so we would be sure to have a room.  We went to Applebees and I had an oriental salad and Bill had steak, potato and green beans.  He said they had something on them but tasted ok.  He told me I could have the rest, so I ate them and they had Parmesian Cheese on them.  He really does like cheese!!! that, we went through Pennsylvania and then got on the Ohio turnpike.I looked and there was one  flashing line for gas...4 miles is what it said we had left we could go.  We drove a couple of miles and saw a sign saying 3 miles to a town so we got off the turnpike.  Bill went through the Express Pay lane, but we didn't have anything to use to pay there and there wasn't anyone in the booth.  He had to back up and go in the next lane where someone was in the booth, but he had to wait for several semi's to go through it first.  We finally got through and got to a gas station without running out.  The car took 9.8 gallons and it is a 10 gallon tank.  I told Bill I didn't want to ride like that again and take a chance of running out but I kept my cool and didn't get upset with him.  I sure was praying though.