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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Tanner's first day of work.
After being at McChord for over two weeks now, Tanner is finally going off to work. Right now Tanner has two main jobs. 1) learn and manage Prime Beef, and 2) become familiar with the entire Civil Engeneering branch here at McChord.
The Prime Beef shop is part of the Readiness squadren. So, in a nut shell, Tanner helps make sure all personele and items are prepared and ready to be deplolyed. When he is not working with Prime Beef it is Tanner's job to familarize himself with CE. To do this he has been going around to all the different shops on base that are a part of the very broad CE squadren. Afew of these shops are: Fire Fighters, Electrocal, Maintnents, and many more.
This wont be his permanent job, but for now he is really enjoying meeting all of the people and learing about Air Force life and all that entails.

McChord AFB

We made it! Washington is just as beautiful as we imagined and we can't wait to get out and explore it. But first things first.... here are a few pictures of our new home. Three bed, two bath with plenty of room for visitors. We couldn't be happier!


Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Washington here we come!

After 4 or 5 years at CSU, Erin and Tanner have graduated and have moved to Washington. Erin has a degree in History and is seeking teacher licensing in secondary education. Tanner recently commissioned into the Air Force and has been assigned to McChord AFB, WA. And so we went...



The move was awesome. We justified all the fun we had by doubling it our 1st anniversary vacation. Our route was very scenic; along the way we stayed in a bavarian hotel called the Alpenholf in Teton Village before venturing into Teton National Park. In Jackson we took in a chuck wagon dinner with the Bar J Wranglers. Erin pinched a moose on the butt and it made a local bear really mad. Luckily the local frontiersmen were able to fight them off. All the while... Tanner was sidetracked with some natives we had ran into at the Bar J.




We were also able to rent a little boat on Jackson Lake. We had heard there were bears in the area, and after the events of the night before, we were optimistic we might see one. We cruised the edges of the lake and went out to an island. We did not see any real bears, but we chased a beaver a little. The water was very clear and very cold. We had a little engine malfunction and were stranded for a while in the lake... thunderheads were building and it began to rain. We got some help from a local fisherman who said he had caught 41 trout that morning. We spent some time trying to figure out the namesake of the locally French named mountain range.




After out Jackson Hole excursion, we went up into Yellowstone. The Jackson Hole/Yellowstone combination was decidedly awesome. A definite repeat...and because we left one of our cars and our dog in Colorado, we will probably be making the drive again soon.