Charleston - April 24

Although the last day of the seminar ran all day we only stayed for the half of the day. The morning sessions were among the best of the week. We listened to a speaker from the Canadian Parks talk about the Canadian Waterways. He was a very good speaker and talked about the Trent-Severn Waterway. There were handouts and videos.

During a portion of this talk, Beth went into a side meeting on How to be a Pinch Hitter. This was about the First Mate (Admiral) being able to handle emergencies such as Captain overboard or the Captain being incapacitated. It was very informative and Beth is glad she went. She now knows about the Williamson turn, and is looking forward to practicing some of these procedures.

After lunch Bob decided to walk back to the boat (4 miles). We, along with Margaret, decided to go find a water taxi which runs between our marina to a marina not far from the conference center. It took us awhile to actually find the water taxi and then needed to wait about an hour for the next scheduled boat. It was about a 15 minute boat ride. Bob ended up getting back before us.

Tonight we go to a reception and dinner aboard the USS Yorktown at Patriot’s Point. One of the attendees of our conference is a former navy pilot who, in his last assignment, had been the air boss (the person in charge of all the aircraft) on the USS Enterprise. He has arranged it so we can have a private tour of the flight deck and aircraft. They will also open the Medal of Honor Museum for us.