As soon as we arrived at the site, people spotted his VFW hat and came up, thanked him for his service and wanted to shake his hand. It was really great seeing perfect strangers, young and old, wanting to talk to him and hear his stories. There was a group of army cadets at the memorial today and each one of them shook his hand and chatted with him.
In between the conversations and stories, we walked through the small museum they have containing a lot of models and pictures from the attack.
Once through the museum, we boarded the shuttle boat and headed out to the memorial. Again he was greeted with respect and a few hugs. He spent some time chatting with the shuttle boat driver who was active duty navy. Grandpa comment on how much the navy uniform had changed since his time.
I'm not sure who had more fun today, grandpa or me. It was so much fun seeing him being treated like a rock star. At one point there was actually a small line forming with people who wanted to shake his hand and thank him for his service. It was a great site and I could tell he was really enjoying it.
After lunch, we hit the post office so he could mail out some post cards and then headed to the store so he could pick out a Hawaiian shirt. He found one he liked and said he'd be wearing it on the plane ride home...as well as on the golf course next summer.
More tomorrow,
Greg
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