Air Force, Girl Scouts and more

Our destination on Monday was the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. We were impressed. For those of you who have been to the Wright-Patterson Museum near Dayton, this one is right up there, although a bit smaller. This was the unit that flew missions from England during WWII. At first with just bombers, and later with added fighter escorts. They have really put together memorabilia, AV displays and full-sized planes to show you the major contributions made by the "Eighth" to the war effort. The outside gardens also pay tribute to all those who were killed or wounded in that effort. We both learned a lot.



Monday night, I got word from my brother, Jim, that my mom had taken a fall at home and broken her hip. Jim's wife, Cheryl, and son Trevor made sure that she got to the hospital ok and she was operated on today. Just before I started writing this post, I checked on her and she was out of surgery and resting back in her room. Recovery will be a little tougher for this one compared to her hip surgery two years ago. That one was to repair a worn hip. This break requires more involved surgery and her rehab will take more time.



Even though it was hard to be so far away when mom's accident happened, the doctors and nurses are the ones who will see that she gets better and they know what needs to be done.













After convincing myself that things were moving in the right direction, we decided to make another short visit to downtown Savannah. The two places that we visited were (1) the home of Juliette Gordon Lowe, founder of the Girl Scouts and (2) the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. I have included two pictures but you really have to see these locations in person to get the full experience. Both places show what a great job the city has done to preserve the old downtown area. We had lunch in between the two visits at The Six Pence Pub. It was so authentic that we were surprised when our waitress spoke with a Georgia accent and not a cockney one.