We made it! After two months and an estimated 13,000 miles, we have arrived in Virginia! Just in time- I'm feeling very ready to be settled. Here is a rundown of our trip:
First of all, saying goodbye STINKS! Our church friends threw a party...
The kids got to dance and draw and party, and the grownups visited. The men, of course, over the grill...
Our squadron had a "hail and bail", a navy tradition to welcome and say goodbye to people coming and going, and the officer spouses club had a bail for me as well. My friend C even made us a book. In general, lots of wonderful people said how much they love us and would miss us and it was all terribly depressing...
The girls said goodbye to lots of friends, like Miss S...
And Miss K...
And Mr. J...
I wish I would have taken pictures of everyone...
Then the mover guys came and packed everything up...
I like the way stuff gets packed for overseas moves. They pack for space and don't worry about how heavy things are. Instead of taking everything out of dresser drawers for instance, they leave it all where it belongs and stuff it with packing paper. So when you unpack, you just pull out the paper and everything is where it should be! (Of course, when we unpacked from the move to Guam, everything smelled pretty funky, so I ended up washing all clothes, bedding, and everything anyway...) They tetris everything into big crates, caulk around all the edges- except one, which they leave open so if a crate goes in the ocean they can "drain" it, and yes, they say this does happen fairly often...- and load it into a container and then onto a ship. Crazy, huh?
Then the "boonie furniture" arrived, allowing us to live in relative comfort for our last few days on Guam...
We used our last week to visit some of our favorite spots.
We had to say goodbye to the glorious Guam skies...
To the lovely tropical flowers, like these heliconia outside our front door...
And to our friends the anoles. We will so miss these...
And, of course, the ocean...
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