HOME AT LAST!

We made it. We started in the jungles of Arkansas (taken at Cabela's headquarters in NE)...

...traveled through the plains of Nebraska (this is seriously what it looks like...if you are lucky enough to find a place that is inhabited)...

...and trekked through the snow of Wyoming...

...and ended up in the Treasure Valley.

It was a good trip that went smoothly for the most part. The only exceptions were when a trucker ran me off the road in Kansas City and I left parts of the passenger side mirror on a roadside barricade and when we encountered 50+ mph winds in scenic Nebraska. It really was white knuckle driving with the wind blowing that hard. I, no kidding, had to have about 15 degrees of turn in to keep going straight down the road and passing 18 wheelers was a very scary adventure because of the wind coming around them, not to mention they were getting blown all over the road as well. Even my trusty passenger was on high alert...just not when I took this picture.

We arrived to a house that was all taped up because it was in the middle of being painted. Our carpet still has not arrived, so we have everything in our garage and are living on a air mattress. We figured there was no need to move it in and then back out a week later...except for the important pieces...

In the photo you can see the new wall color we selected. It looks very good and we are excited about seeing how it looks with our new carpet, not to mention we can start moving things in to our house and actually "live" in it. We also purchased some furniture to replace the camp chairs...I guess Candi thinks they didn't match well enough.

Candi started back at her job, but found she could get more done at home like she had been doing...so she is now back to working from home for a few more weeks. She is glad to be back home, but had a good time on her 1 year hiatus. I started at Gowen Field on Tuesday as well. I have been running around getting all my in-processing paperwork done, as well as putting together Dash 1s (owners manuals for planes) and getting prepared to fly this next week. I should get my first flight on Friday, which I think will finally make this being home thing sink in.

Both Candi and I thank you for your support, prayers, and thoughts during our journey to Texas and Hillbillieland. It really hasn't hit us that we are home yet, but as our lives start to get back to normal, we both think it will start to seem real. We are blown away at all the current construction and how much things have changed in the last year or two because the last few places we lived were so slow economically. Everyone here is all doom and gloom about how the market is around this area, but it is far above Texas and Arkansas.

I just want to say thank you to all those who read my blog and/or commented and/or e-mailed me with their support. I will continue to post updates, but not as frequently as I have over the past two years. Candi is making a scrapbook of all my blog posts including the pictures and if she is ever going to get it together, I am going to have to slow down with the new information. My thought is that I will keep it going and then when something new or exciting happens, I will post it. When I am deployed or activated, I will post more regularly, just like the past few years. Thanks again for reading my written thoughts- I hope you enjoyed the read...BUT PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THIS AND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME!