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T-minus 4.5 hrs till first turkey dinner

 

Gonna be turkey'd out after this weekend. Two big dinners in two days

 

Give him a hug if you do

 

Holiday coffee...AWESOME!

And Good Morning to you Quickdraw.

Poor man's Mocha Coffee! Been there done that! Now I'm hungry...wife's working so it's just me and Bear. Bear thinks I should make us some biscuits and gravy...he's just about persuaded me.

Happy Thanksgiving Brandon!

... yeah and big smooch too. Black Bears like that.

 

Biscuits and gravy ?

 

Thanks rob

 

They were delicious...Bear is one smart dog.

Don't tell Lisa it was Caribou Breakfast sausage.

Oh, Hi Lisa.

My wife's call on his name. She's crazy about bears...and that started before we got the assignment up here and decided to stay. I'm under strict orders to not shoot bears unless someone's life is in danger.

But yeah ... I've gotten those looks when calling him up at Hatcher's Pass.

Since he's a small dog that generally stays right by us, I don't worry about it too much. If he had been a large dog and more likely to range long distances, I probably would have fought her on it.

 

Mornin'

 

Morning Rob. It's a bit early up in your neck of the woods isn't it?

 

Wife was up at 5 to be at work at 6. I'm a night shifter anyway, so normal for me to be up middle of the night/early morning. Probably get a nap before I get going on the radiator drain/flush/refill. Prefer to wait until late morning when there's some light.

 

I understand that. I moved back to the NW with the AF finally. I'm doing a special duty at Boeing, doing the test and eval on our new tanker being built.

But I was up in Alaska for 2 weeks last summer. Unfortunately you weren't on here at the time so I couldn't hit you up.

 

Special Duty with Boeing ! Is that a controlled tour length? How long?

Sounds like a great opportunity for you...adds to your network and experience for life beyond active duty.

I missed you. Maybe next time, now that I've resurfaced.

 

It all depends on how long it takes to get the first group of them built. Initial build is 4 planes to test with. Right now we are set for 3 years with the possibility of it slipping to 4-5 years. I'll end up back in Kansas after it .

It's alright though. I think we have to come back up to Alaska for cold weather testing. Not sure which base we will be going to though.