We'll call this an intrologue (I made that up) to a few more posts that I'll hopefully be making over the next few days and on my flight back to OZ about the past month or so of being away from home here in the USA, working and catching up with family and friends. It's been a great work experience and I've been able to catch up with a ton of folks, including a few new additions to some families, but I'm definitely ready to head back to Nina, Stella and the waning Australian summer. It wasn't a six-month deployment, but for a guy on his shore tour it was long enough.
So, I'm sitting here at SeaTac waiting to head down to San Fran to meet my mom for a Hwy 1 roadtrip to LA, typin' away on my (sorry, Nina - our) new netbook and I'll leave you with a quick recap of where I've been and what's been happening. I left Newcastle a month and 2 days ago on a contract aerial refueler to spend a night overnight in Brisbane, followed by a trip to Pago Pago, American Samoa. Next stop was over the equator and into Hickam AFB in Hawaii for a weekend, followed by another flight to Miramar MCAS in San Diego. From there it was 2 weeks in Vegas for Red Flag with some crazy Aussies with too much money to spend and your standard Australian gambling habits. I left them at the craps tables 9 days ago and headed to Chicago to see Kato and Al (sans Mark) and also made a trip to Ann Arbor with an accidental Wisconsin border crossing. Then it was up to Minneapolis to see some family and realize that there are places in the USA that are way too cold (hold your comments, Schwarze family) and most recently a weekend trip to Seattle to catch up with my best man, Dave, his wife Tami and their new son, Drew. That leaves me at the airport and ready to hit Cali and see mi mama. I'll be back on the blog in a few days with more in-depth recaps, but until then, stay warm, Americans, and to you Aussies (and my beautiful wife), enjoy the beach. I'll be home soon.
-Charlie
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