Since we are on a mini vacation, we slept late this morning. Once we got up and about, we headed down to the nice complimentary breakfast provided by the hotel. After eating, we started off on the days' adventure. First stop was the Visitors' Center where we picked up a few brochures and checked out some of the things we wanted to do. By that time the Nimitz and Pacific War Museums were opened.


We walked across the street to the museum and purchased our tickets--since it takes approximately 6-8 hours to tour the entire display, the tickets are good for 48 hours. The Nimitz Museum was closed the last time we visited Fredricksburg, so we toured that building first. From there we visited the Japanese Peace Garden and then the Memorial Park. The walls of the park are filled with pictures of vets and all types of ships that served in World War II. We then started our tour of the Pacific War Museum. It is really moving walk through this museum and seeing what a sacrifice was made by so many men and women.


It was lunch time before we knew it, so we took a break and went to lunch at Subway. I saw a brochure for a candle shop just outside of town that I wanted to visit, so after eating we headed off there. We found a nice metal Texas star candle holder which we bought along with several candles. It was then back to the museum for another couples of hours of learning about the war in the Pacific. We decided to hit a few shops on main street and finish up with the museum tomorrow.

We found a nice little family owned restaurant for supper and then took another walk where we found some fields of beautiful wild flowers. Ended the evening watching Survivor. Sorry to see Rob go--he met his match in Russell.