Michelle & Tony Trip: Day 3: Coast Guard Base - Swimmer School

After seeing all the airplanes and helicopters we went to see the swimmer school.  Even though I had already seen it in May I was still super excited to see it again, and so was Tony (for the first time).
We got to see the regular classrooms, the classrooms where the learn to sew and work on the rubber rafts.  We also saw their gym with all the workout equipment inside and outside.
Then it was time to see the pool.
This time there were actually people in the pool doing different trainings with the instructor.  We got to watch them swim in the water with gear on and then their instructor turned on the wave machine and current maker and we saw them doing drills in the water.  Very cool stuff.
Gabe then turned on the waves and water sprayer and noise on the other side of the pool so that we could see the different conditions that they can make the pool for the trainees.  Once again it was super awesome!
After seeing that Gabe took us to the other building to show up his office where he gets to write up all the tests that the swimmers have to take to advance their rank.  It's not his favorite room because it has no windows and he is stuck in their often.  But it was a cool room.
After seeing all the sweet swim school stuff we then stopped at the Coast Guard store.  I really wanted to buy some more Coast Guard shirts for me and the kids.  I even bought a cute purse that Wendy talked me into buying.  It is cute and she bought one too so we are twinners.
That was the end of our sweet tour of the Coast Guard base in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.  Such an awesome experience to be around so much military awesomeness.  Makes me so proud to be an American and to have such a super cool brother-in-law.
We stopped at a really cute store that is more like a farmer's market.  They had tons of different foods for sale and a lot that you could sample.  They had jelly's, salsas, mustard's, ciders, nuts, etc. It was really fun and I wish we had a place like that here.
After that we went back to Wendy's.  Her ear was really hurting her so she wanted to go into the urgent care to see if it was infected.  While she did that Tony and I went and checked into our hotel.

After that we went back to Wendy's house and went with Gabe to drop off Benje and the YMCA for "Parents Night Out".  Then we picked up Jacob from band practice before going back to Wendy's.
It didn't take Wendy too long at the doctor and came back with a fungus infection in her ear.  So we then all went out to dinner at a yummy Mexican restaurant.  The food was good and the company was better.
After that fun day we went back to the hotel for some good sleep.  What a great day with our family!