A quick summary of the trip - (more to help me keep it straight :)
Nov 24-Nov 27:
Mileage: 303 mi (5 hrs) + a 3 hr flight for me
Ending Location: Austin, TX
Activity: Exploring
Nov 27-Dec 2:
Mileage: 303 mi (5 hrs)
Ending Location: Wichita Falls, TX
Activity: Packing, school and graduation
Dec 2:
Mileage: 509 mi (8 hrs according to google + 2 for horrendous snow storm)
Ending location: Albuquerque, NM
Activity: Cadillac Ranch (Amarillo)
Dec 3:
Activity: National Museum of Science and History (Alb, NM)
Mileage: 322 mi (5 hrs)
Ending location: Flagstaff, AZ
Dec 4:
Activity: Grand Canyon
Mileage: 150 mi (3 1/2 hr-ish loop)
Ending location: Flagstaff, AZ
Dec 5:
Activity: Sedona
Mileage: 90 mi (2 hr loop)
Ending location: Flagstaff, AZ
Dec 6:
Mileage: 253 mi (4 hrs) + another hour looking for a car wash :)
Ending location: Las Vegas, NV
Activity: Hoover Dam, Vegas Strip
Dec 7:
Activity: Vegas strip (and NOT being in the car! yay!)
Dec 8:
Mileage: 261 mi (4 hrs)
Ending Location: Disneyland, CA
Activity: Disney
Dec 9:
Activity: Disney
Dec 10:
Mileage: 36 mi (40 min)
Ending location: San Clemente, CA
Activity: Disney, sunset over the ocean and dinner with Proppers
Dec 11:
Mileage: 453 mi (7 1/2 hrs + some time for not paying attention to the GPS)
Ending location: San Rafael, CA
Activity: Meeting baby Eleanor
Dec 12:
Activity: Hanging out with Ben, Eileen and Eleanor
Dec 13:
Mileage: 566 mi (a very long 9 1/2 hrs)
Ending location: Albany, OR
Activity: Dinner with Jenna, Kyle and Payton
Dec 14:
Mileage: 49 mi (1 hr)
Ending location: McMinnville, OR
Activity: Evergreen Air and Space Museum, wine tasting
Dec 15:
Mileage: 39 mi (1 hr)
Ending location: Portland, OR
Activity: Explore, beer tasting
Dec 16:
Mileage: 78 mi (1 1/2 hr)
Ending location: Mt Hood, OR
Activity: Wedding madness and rehearsal dinner
Dec 17:
Activity: Eric & Laura's wedding
Dec 18:
Mileage: 224 mi (3 1/2 hrs) to Auburn + 75 mi ( 1 hr 20 min) to Kingston
Ending location: HOME
Activity: Dinner and HOME
According to Google: 3,131 mi (2 days, 6 hrs drive time) plus all the driving around lost, looking for food, etc. Add a few toll roads, a sketchy ferry in Oregon, a super bad snow storm and so roadside adventure and that about s
12.22.2011
Graduation Day
So here's the deal on the vacation blog. It was a really long trip with many highlights. So, there will be multiple blogs. Gotta keep you guys in suspense :)
December 2nd - Graduation Day!
Even though I arrived in Texas on Thanksgiving we couldn't officially begin our vacation until Chris finished Tech School. The night before graduation was spent loading the car and packing (and my final Texan steak) with much anticipation of leaving the "beautiful" state of Texas. We were up Friday and off to the hangar for the graduation ceremony. Good thing about the military - they keep things to the point. An hour later we were on the road with the car pointed West. Finally.
Chris graduated with honors as A C-17 Electrical & Environmental Systems Mechanic. (When people ask me I say he fixes stuff on the big cargo planes) He still has training to do at McChord but now has his fancy maintainer badge on his uniform. Needless to say, I was a very proud Air Force Wife that day. So the disclaimer on these photos (all the vacation photos).... the new camera we got... sucks. So, these are kinda blurry, too dark, too light, whatever - but it gets the point across (I'm only going to complain once Chris). The one of me pinning Chris' badge on is particularly bad, I made a bad "can you take our picture?" selection. One of Chris' buddies had a nice camera and was going to share those photos with us, which I will pass on to you guys.
I also took a video of Chris getting his coin for graduating with honors from the training Commander, BUT see above sentence about the crappy camera for why there is very little audio. Huff.
December 2nd - Graduation Day!
Even though I arrived in Texas on Thanksgiving we couldn't officially begin our vacation until Chris finished Tech School. The night before graduation was spent loading the car and packing (and my final Texan steak) with much anticipation of leaving the "beautiful" state of Texas. We were up Friday and off to the hangar for the graduation ceremony. Good thing about the military - they keep things to the point. An hour later we were on the road with the car pointed West. Finally.
Chris graduated with honors as A C-17 Electrical & Environmental Systems Mechanic. (When people ask me I say he fixes stuff on the big cargo planes) He still has training to do at McChord but now has his fancy maintainer badge on his uniform. Needless to say, I was a very proud Air Force Wife that day. So the disclaimer on these photos (all the vacation photos).... the new camera we got... sucks. So, these are kinda blurry, too dark, too light, whatever - but it gets the point across (I'm only going to complain once Chris). The one of me pinning Chris' badge on is particularly bad, I made a bad "can you take our picture?" selection. One of Chris' buddies had a nice camera and was going to share those photos with us, which I will pass on to you guys.
Class photo
I got to kiss him while he stood at attention.
There he is! SSgt Walker!
Proud wife :)
F15 cockpit - I learned a very important lesson that day as to why fighter pilots don't where dresses.
One last picture before we hit the open road!
I also took a video of Chris getting his coin for graduating with honors from the training Commander, BUT see above sentence about the crappy camera for why there is very little audio. Huff.
Next stop - Albuquerque
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