01 May 2011

Stuck in Canada

So I have officially left on my first deployment in the military. It was definitely one of the hardest things that I have ever had to do. Things started out pretty well when we were able to get out of little rock on the first try. The seven hour flight to St John's Canada was pretty easy since it was all high level cruise. The IP on the plane was busy at the galley cooking up some brisket that he had been smoking for the trip. We had a gourmet meal at 21000 ft of brisket, corn, and rolls. It was a goof way to start a deployment. Once we got to St John's the FBO team had some cold beer waiting for us at the parking ramp. We got checked in to the hotel and then we went out and celebrated all that newfoundland had to offer. We were supposed to leave St john's late on saturday night but our managing agency at Scott gave us a 24 hour hold because the weather was so bad for departure. We should get to england on monday morning just in time to catch the royal hangover from "the wedding". After that we will see how the plane holds up and that will determine whether we press on or vacation at another locale before getting into the sandbox.

I hope that you all are doing very well.
Rick

1 comment:

Caitlin said...

Oh my. Your life is rough. I've never had that nice of a meal on an airplane. EVER.