And so, to my instructor, who may or may not see this blog, I apologize for writing this instead of my final paper, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.
October 5 - 11, 2008 - San Antonio, TX - Days Out of Town to date: 7
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="680" caption="A group shot of the folks I spent my week in San Antonio with...a fantastic time. Lots of margaritas and good company."]
[/caption]October 31 - November 2, 2008 - Bowling Green, KY - Days Out of Town to date: 10
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="694" caption="Rachel, me, and Monique at Western Kentucky University's 2008 Homecoming."]
[/caption]November 11 - 14, 2008 - Tucson/Amado, AX - Days Out of Town to date: 14
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="701" caption="Me, Col. Gail Halvorsen, Joe, and Scott in Amado Arizona after shooting the interview for the Beyond Berlin video."]
[/caption]December 20 - 28, 2008 - Omaha, NE - Days Out of Town to date: 23
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Some of you may remember the gift of the "Rooster clock" from my grandparents...some of you may also have been contributors to my now growing rooster collection."]
[/caption]January at somepoint for 3 days, 2009 - MacDill AFB, FL - Days Out of Town to date: 26
No pictures from this one...it was a lot of meetings.
February 5 - 13, 2009 - MacDill AFB, FL - Days Out of Town to date: 35
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="The view from a KC-135 boom pod while refueling an F-15."]
[/caption]February 27 - March 1, 2009 - Chicago, IL - Days Out of Town to date: 38
No pictures from this one either....shopping weekend with a girl friend, great fun, great food, and great retail!
March 6 - May 22, 2009 - Fort Meade, MD - Days Out of Town to date: 116
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="604" caption="Me and fellow DINFOS students at Medieval Times near Fort Meade, MD."]
[/caption]April 10 - 12, 2009 - Yorktown, VA - Days Out of Town to date: 116 (You'll notice that the next three "days out of town to date" counts will stay the same since these trips were taking during my long trip to Fort Meade.)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="628" caption="Larry, me and Christy outside of Cheeseburger in Paradise in Newport News, VA...right before we witnessed a MASSIVE apartment complex fire."]
[/caption]April 16 - 19, 2009 - Philadelphia, PA - Days Out of Town to date: 116
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="647" caption="This is me and Ken playing my very first game of beer pong, in Philadelphia. He is either lamenting his recent throw that wasn't so great, or lamenting in my future throw that is guaranteed to be awful."]
[/caption]April 24 - 26, 2009 - New York, NY - Days Out of Town to date: 116
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="652" caption="The Sikh parade that was going on the weekend we were in NYC."]
[/caption]May 28 - June 2, 2009 - Omaha, NE - Days Out of Town to date: 124
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="659" caption="This is my godson Robbie, he just turned one. He is my heart."]
[/caption]June 24 - 27, 2009 - Boston, MA - Days Out of Town to Date: 128
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="659" caption="Laura and I with our twin lobster dinners in Boston."]
[/caption]June 30 - July 5, 2009 - Omaha, NE - Days Out of Town to date: 134
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="673" caption="Me and Special Eddie, our annual sacrificial stuffed toy that we blow up on 4th of July. Yes, his forehead says "meatballs," it's somewhat of a tribute to Garden State."]
[/caption]August 16 - 26, 2009 - Little Rock, AR & Fort Polk, LA - Days Out of Town to date: 145
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="672" caption="Three members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing perform a FOD walk, checking the ramp for any debris that could damage an aircraft engine."]
[/caption]September 4 - 5, 2009 - Chicago, IL - Days Out of Town to date: 147
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="686" caption="Laura and me taking the obligatory Chicago bean photo."]
[/caption]September 16 - 20, 2009 - Philadelphia, PA - Days Out of Town to date: 152
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="683" caption="Sarah, Rick and me at an Irish pub in Philly. Weve known each other for 12 years now. That not only creeps us out, but is also a pretty considerable feat considering the last time the three of us were all in the same room was in 1999 in an entirely different country."]
[/caption]September 26 - 27, 2009 - Champaign, IL - Days Out of Town to date: 154
No photos from this one either, because I'm lame.
That about covers it...El fin. Total days out of town in the last year: 154. Hello, frequent flier miles...where should I go next?
