Wow where to begin? Marie and I left Ohio for SeaTac on December 4th 2021in route to see Dillon Shirley and our little pRincess Elena! Commercial to Washinton state Spac A to Alaska, then Space A to Japan. From Japan we had to catch a comercial flight to Korea 200 bucks for the both of us, no big deal.
Weeks later the five of us were off to Bangkok Tailand! we flew comercial to Bangkok then rented a car and explored Tailand for the next ten days working our way down to Puket. The advetures did not dissapoint such a beautiful country with so much to see. Dillon not only got to see but he also got to feel what the country had to offer when he got bitten by a monkey. He's fine just needed a few shots, we all had the time of our lives!!
When we left Tailand we had a layover in China that almost turned into a short stay. At this time Korea was not accepting any travelers from China unless they had a recent negative Covid test which none of us had. We had to explain thet we did not vacation there we just merley had a lawover there. We had similer arguments once we got to Korea they saw it a bit differant as well.
A few more weeks went by and Marie and I were off for Vietnam, or so I thought. The day before we were scheduled to leave Marie wanted to go home so off she went. A comercial trip for her back to good old USA. I on the other hand was off to Saigon where I was going to spent 15 days traveling around Vietnam. I felt a little off being there by myself so I cut the trip short and went back to Korea to plan my next adventure. Spent a few weeks with the kids playing with Elena and planned my next adventure.
I was off to DaNang Vietnam where I would spend around 10 days mostly motor biking around DaNang. Thie country has so much to offer so much to see and do and everything is so cheap! did I mention cheap! we are talking 18 to 22 dollar 5 star accomidations and 3 to 5 dollar meals. Such a beautiful country to visit and the people are so friendly. Hard to beleave that we fought one of our most diffacult wars here..
From DaNang I was off to Kuala Lumpur where I would spend another week seeing the sights. another beautiful country with lots to see for sure. not as cheap as Vietnam but pretty close. I have been trying food from all of these countries and nothing has made me sick yet so I was living my best retired life for sure. Well time to head back to Korea to spend a little more time with the kids.
Once in Korea I started to plan my trip to Jeju Island, considered Korea's Hawaii! I was only on this island for four days its pretty small and I felt like that would be all the time I would need. I was right, back to Shirley and Dillons house to plan for my departure for Robby's change of command in Hawaii.
On March 6 I jumped a space A flight to Travis Air Force base in California spent one night and caught a Space A to Hawaii the next day. Got to spend some amazing time with Robby and Karaline and the girls before his Change of Command on the 15th. Marie flew commercial from home and arrived on the 8th we had a great time in Hawaii with the kids and shortly after Robbys change of Command it was time to head to the house. I was gone for almost 4 months and had the time of my life and I am looking forward to doing it again next fall. I want to see everything, I want to experiance everything, I want to travel everywhere on every continent and met everyone from all walks of life.
Life is so short, its been a hard couple of years, tomorrow is not promised! Live each day as if it will be your last!!
