Our first out-of-California adventure together was for a friend’s wedding in North Dakota. Considering her natural aversion to all things cold, I was very surprised that Jenny was fully on board to be my plus one for a Minot wedding in December. We drove from Monterey to the San Jose airport, where it was 75ContinueContinue reading “The Adventures of Quickstride & Shambler: Minoy”
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The Adventures of Quickstride & Shambler: Paso Robles (Round One)
A few months after arriving in Monterey, California for graduate school, and a month or two after Jenny and I started our adventures together, we decided to take a trip to Paso Robles, a wine growing region about two hours south and east of the Monterey Peninsula. While Napa Valley is, by far, California’s mostContinueContinue reading “The Adventures of Quickstride & Shambler: Paso Robles (Round One)”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: Runways
As the Construction Flight Commander at arguably one of the busiest Air Bases in the entire world, Al Udeid Air Base, my flight did surprisingly little with actual runway construction or maintenance. Most of our involvement with the runway was to purchase raw materials for the Air Force Engineers to go out and repair damagedContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: Runways”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: OCSJX
I had always heard about the “old boy” network that accompanied graduating from USAFA. It was this mythical network of secret handshakes and under the table connections, and I had always heard of it but never experienced it. Other non-grad officers always alluded to it with a sarcastic pantomime of knocking an Academy ring onContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: OCSJX”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: The Return
As soon as I stepped off the sweat and body odor soaked Boeing 747 I started to question whether or not this was the best decision I could have made. With my trusty, well-traveled rucksack hoisted over my shoulders, and my sunglasses covering my blinking eyes, I strode out onto the familiar, sun-blasted tarmac ofContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: The Return”