Our story begins in what I like to call the "roach motel," otherwise known as our TLF on base. I am so happy we decided to camp in our empty house for as long as we did. The TLF's at Eglin leave something to be desired, like cleanliness and insect control.
Angela and the kids arrived at the TLF the night before our trip at 10pm. We got up at 4am after little sleep (who can sleep with bugs everywhere?). Hosed the kids down in the shower and off we went. Not an ideal start to the longest day of our lives.
Our plane left the sunny Florida coast July 6th at 7am, arriving in Atlanta for a quick 2 hour lay over. The kids were a mess, they would not let Daddy out of their sight which made things difficult. We took off at 11:30am and didn't arrive in Seoul until 3pm July 7.
The 15 hour flight wasn't ideal, but it could've been much worse. Madeline was the superstar, never fussing and being as happy as can be.
We thought for sure the kids would be enthralled by the selection of movies and TV available to them on the flight. As it turns out, they did not watch anything for more than 10 minutes. They were OBSESSED with the flight map and had to constantly check and see where we were on the map.
I would say they slept a total of three hours MAX. They slept the first hour on the flight and not again until the last 2. It was exhausting!!!! Ainsley managed to rack out for a solid block of five hours or so and Angela slept the last 2 hours. Boy were we tired!!!!
Herman was kind enough to pick us up from the airport in Seoul, for which we are eternally grateful. However, we were not prepared for him to miss the exit off the expressway and the one hour detour through downtown Seoul. Thanks for the tour Herman, but have we mentioned that we haven't slept in 24 hours?
We arrive at Osan AFB about 7pm that evening and we are so tired we abandon our plan to go directly to our new apartment and opt for a ready to sleep CLEAN room at the hotel on base. We had to sleep in two separate rooms, but we were all too tired to care. We got to bed at 10pm, bringing our travel total to a lovely 28 hours. *yawn*
PS: Ten bags WILL fit in a Ford minivan . . . BARELY!
2 comments:
Seriously, I think the worst part about that would have been the boys CONSTANTLY checking the flight map. Oh man, that would have sucked to CONSTANTLY be finding out that you were still 11 hours away. Good work, boys. Just like uncle instructed...
just remember you get to do it allover again in less than a year.
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