Florida Trip Falling Into Place

Our annual trip to Florida is shaping up nicely - hope the weather cooperates. Our trip is set for April 29th through May 2nd, but we plan to leave immediately after school on the 28th. This year, we plan to take a bus with 40+ Wade Hampton cadets. We are hopeful that Blue Ridge AFJROTC will do the same and join us again. We have a putt-putt match to settle with them. Besides that, we enjoyed their company. We will be staying at the same hotel, the Hampton Inn, on the beach in Fort Walton Beach. We know everyone remembers the good breakfasts and how nice it was to be on the beach. Have we said on the beach enough?

We will also get a lot of educational benefit from the trip. Tentatively, we plan to visit Eglin AFB this year. Eglin is the home of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, an Air Force armament laboratory, and the Air Force Climatic Chamber used to test aircraft and other systems in all kinds of extreme temperatures. We will also visit the Air Force Armament Museum or the Pensacola Naval Air Museum. There is even a chance that an F-35 will be on location at Eglin. Lots of aerospace! So pack the SPF 99, bring your flip-flops, and let's go eat some Firehouse subs in Florida.