The rest of our PCS to DC

Now that I have settled into my new home, the boxes are unpacked and I am becoming familiar not only with the base but have ventured out to various places off base, it is time to return to my blog…

My last post was about our day in Amarillo, TX. There is a reason that was the last post…from this point on we were busy with family and friends. It is one of the advantages that military families have that our civilian counterparts may not…we have connections everywhere!

On the 28th of August we stopped in Slidell, LA where we visited with friends and neighbors that had recently transferred the month before we did. We enjoyed a nice dinner with them and filled them in on things that had occurred since they had transferred.

From Slidell it was a short drive to Hurlburt Field, FL where we were able to stop for a few days and enjoy time spent with my son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. We were able to go to the beach and play in the water with our grandchildren, see a little bit of the area and play with our grandchildren, and oh yea, play with our grandchildren.

During this time, my daughter, daughter-in-law and myself took a short trip to Fairhope, AL to meet and have lunch with some friends I had known for years and some I only knew online. It was again a nice break from our trip, getting a chance to not only reconnect but also to put faces to names I only knew from my computer screen.

But like any trip, times like these must pass and it was on the road again for us, this time we were taking a side trip to North Port, FL to visit with good friends and CG retirees that we met while in Juneau, AK. We enjoyed seeing the area they now called home and although it rained while we were there, we had a great time.

From here it was time to put our drive to rest, so we headed to the DC area stopping for the night just before Charlotte, NC. We arrived in Alexandria, VA on September 4th and checked into our hotel. We were fortunate and were able to check into housing on Fort Belvoir on September 9th and received our HHG’s on the 15th. Our boxes have all been unpacked (except for those in the garage) and things have been put in their place. It feels and looks like home again.