Movers came on Tuesday and the whole house was packed in about 8 hours; 78 boxes in all! On Wednesday the movers returned and packed the entire house (including the 78 boxes) onto a semi truck. We scrubbed and cleaned all night and hit the road Thursday. Meredith and I have quite the road-trip planned. …
Naval Aviator #29842
This past week we celebrated with Phil as he became Naval Aviator #29842. Phil pinned on his “wings of gold” on Friday, February 27th at NAS Whiting Field. Following are some pictures from the event.
Time on Target…
Last Monday was far from the last flight I’ll fly in the Marine Corps but it was the last flight I flew as a student naval aviator. I officially finished flight school; no big deal… In a few weeks I’ll pin on my wings of gold and then it will be off to the fleet. …
Lucy joins the family
So it’s a bit of a late post but better late than never… Lucy ‘Pickles’ Wiktor joins the family. We got her in mid-December. Here’s a shot of her first bath; she’s having an awesome time if you can’t tell.
Off to the high seas
So it was a cold and blustery day and there I was… Or maybe it was all part of training. Either way, I ended up in the middle of the bay making radio calls to the IX-514 getting cleared to land. I had a ship ops flight today and was able to bring the camera…
Happy Birthday Marines
Yut, yut! So the Marine Corps’ birthday isn’t until November 10 but we celebrated it early this year. We had our birthday ball on Saturday and it was a great time!
Attack of the killer jellyfish
Well maybe “killer jellyfish” is a bit of an exaggeration considering they were already dead but if they had been alive… So Mere and I headed down to the beach for the fourth consecutive weekend (I wonder what our parents have been doing in the 40 degree Minnesota weather) and there were tons of these…
A weekend on the Blackwater
To make a short story long… We had a tent, a great tent in fact, but one of the seams blew out on it so it stopped being great in a hurry. Sent the tent back to Mountain Hardwear and they sent us a newer and even better tent (hooray!). Ever since the replacement found…
Washington and the crabs
So we took a brief trip out to Washington DC for Labor Day. We spent a little time in Cumberland, MD, and then headed to the city for a few days. It was nice to get back to one of our favorite cities. We both have fond memories from DC when I was stationed in…
Wine Country
The pictures are a few days old as this is a bit of a re-post from wiktorcase.com, but I thought I’d throw some of my photos from our adventure in Napa / Sonoma. Meredith, Mike, Heather, and I drove up from Santa Cruz and did a food and wine pairing at the Buena Vista Winery…