Departing South Carolina

Our flight from Columbia, SC, left at midnight 24 March. As our bus pulled up to the military terminal, we were greeted and applauded by over 50 military veterans and their wives. As we stood in ranks, they applauded us for quite a while. Then, they provided us with pizza, refreshments, books, prayer beads, stress dolls (see another blog post for explanation), candy and lots of conversation mostly telling us how proud they were of us. When we left to get on the plane, they stood in line; the males shook our hands and most of the females gave us a hug. Very unexpected and very cool.

Flight to Kuwait

On the 16-hour flight from South Carolina to Kuwait (with a brief stop in Hahn, Germany), I had the pleasure of sitting near a Navy working dog named Senna. Senna is 7 years old and a Belgian Malibra (MAL-A-BRA). I was amazed the patience dog had on the long flight...much better than me!

And...the adventure truly begins

Well, Tim is on his way to Afghanistan. He left last night around midnite and was heading to Germany. He should have arrived about 10 hours later (this morning 10:00 am our time and 4:00 pm Germany time), then he was off to Kuwait from Germany. Right now we are hoping to hear from him to see how the flight went and how long he will be in Kuwait until heading out for Afghanistan. So.. the count down starts now and he has 1 day done:)

Final (Honest) Savannah Photos

Final Photos From Savannah

More Photos from Savannah

Here's more photos continued from the previous blog posting. Enjoy.

Tim's Night in Savannah

I was supposed to fly from Tampa to South Carolina 22 March. However, instead of flying there and spending my last few nights in the U.S. rooming with 40 guys in the barracks at Ft. jackson (again), I decided to drive from Tampa to Savannah, GA on 23 March, spend the night and then drive from Savannah to Ft. Jackson on 24 March. I'm leaving for Afghanistan, via Kuwait, just after midnight 25 March.

Here are some photos of my wonderful Savannah hotel room and other hotel sites (Marriott Residence Inn) as well as photos of downtown Savannah, my rental car, etc.

This blog was a great idea Kelly!!