Two SOB's

January 20, 2015

Monday in Aruba and we had no big plans.  We slept in after the disappointing Packer game and I did not even think about going for a walk or run.  My legs weren't too sore, but I thought I would give them a break.  My goal for the day was…

January 20, 2015

ARUBA!!!  Our vacation 2015 has finally arrived.  After booking this in February 2014 and a long winter last year and an already super cold start to 2015, we are so happy to finally be in Aruba. Flying directly out of Chicago proved to be a good choice with no worries…

October 21, 2013

Uganda is amazing!!  But before I get to that, I should probably back up and start with how I got there. This deployment allows for an opportunity to take a 96 if you are deployed for more than 179 days.  A 96 is a 96 hour pass to do whatever…

September 23, 2013

A couple of weeks ago I went on a Saturday night adventure to the Djibouti Karting Club to experience Djiboutian Go-Karting.  We had about 15 people with us and after figuring out the best deal, we had our tickets and were ready to ride.  The first five were on the…

September 5, 2013

It has been awhile since I last made a blog update, and I wish I could say it was because I was too busy having fun to write about it.  Unfortunately the truth is that for several weeks there just wasn't much going on.  At the end of July and…

July 14, 2013

This weekend's adventure took me to the Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hotel (http://www.kempinski.com/en/djibouti/djibouti-palace/welcome/).  The trip was arranged through the Morale, Welfare Recreation (MWR) and consisted of an overnight stay inthe hotel.The hotel is rated five stars and is just beautiful. It was nice to have a much larger bathroom then the…

July 8, 2013

The first week of July went by extremely fast and was extremely busy with many activities planned during my off hours. On Tuesday, July 2nd, we went on a MWR trip souvenir shopping downtown.  I'm having fun buying little trinkets and souvenirs as I go and using them to decorate…

July 1, 2013

Unfortunately it's been a couple of weeks since my last post because there wasn't a whole lot of stuff going on.  I believe I last left off that we were going to go to Lake Assal and Green Tire beach on 16 June, but that didn't happen.  We were unable…

June 11, 2013

So here I am in Djibouti, Africa.  I probably should have started these posts 3 weeks ago when I first got here while things were still fresh in my mind, but I think it was all a little overwhelming.  Well now that I've been here for a few weeks, I…

February 2, 2013

Ok, so I thought the "Final Days in Costa Rica" was going to be my last post, but I didn't have a chance to get it posted before the adventure continued.  After we got on the plane in Costa Rica we sat for about 3 hours as we waited for…

February 2, 2013

Well not much to write about on Thursday.  Our last full day was spent relaxing by the beach and pool.  No major adventures to be had . . .although I tried to attempt a geocaching adventure.  The compass said it was only .86 miles away, but as I headed the…

January 31, 2013

This morning's adventure allowed us to sleep in a little bit as we weren't meeting until 9:15a.m.  This time it was only a short drive to our excursion location.  Once we got our lesson on how to operate our ATV we were on our way.  I gladly volunteered to go…