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Comment by Anna on January 25, 2016 at 3:35pm

Carl and Irene, 

Yes, we were close! But we traveled up the coast,  stayed in Coos Bay,  went all the way up to Astoria, across and down by Portland,  cut over to Mount Hood,  down to Bend,  and then stayed in a little campground in Chiloquin!!  We stayed there a couple days while we checked out Crater Lake!!!  Will be out that way later this year as we travel to WA to visit Chris once he gets moved there. Will definitely contact you if we get nearby!!!!!

Mary,

We might be looking up campgrounds in that area! 

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 25, 2016 at 8:59am

Ok we don't say much until it's all over and done but every now and then a mom just has to gloat. If you get ESPN, watch the beginning of the Pro Bowl Sunday evening.

Carl, if you make it to the SE next year, be sure to let me know. There is a really nice campground at Price Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, NC (Appalachian State University) and Blowing Rock, NC (think one of the most picturesque towns you could imagine). They have not only several loops of tent camping and pop ups, but a separate RV area for the larger RVs, near the picnic grounds. There are also campgrounds right here on our lake, Lake Norman, Lake James, Lake Wylie. There are of course many RV camp areas down near the coast as well. Let me know if you come through!

Until then, watch the Pro Bowl game and watch those flags wave in the Honolulu breeze! (You know good guys wear white, right?) ;-)

Hugs everyone!

Comment by Anna on January 21, 2016 at 9:48pm

Carl,

Yes, we did go to Crater Lake.  We stayed at a campground in Chiloquin on Highway 97.  Most of the area was still closed because there was still quite a bit of snow on the ground.  We got there the 1st of May and stayed a couple days.  We went to the Park Headquarters and then onto Rim Village.  That was all we could visit.  Even the Lodge was still closed.  But it was still beautiful.  Our 2015 travels took us as far north as Astoria, OR and then we went back south, stopped at Mt. Hood and continued on down to Yosemite and the Sequoias.  Months later we made it back up north to Wyoming and Montana to the mountains!!  It was an awesome trip!!

I will have to get your email address so we can keep in touch, in case I ever get out your way again!!!!!

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 19, 2016 at 9:35am

Marilyn of Monroe....welcome and I love the screenname! There is a city of Monroe not too far from the city I am in. Are you in Monroe, NC?

 

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 13, 2016 at 8:26am

Send on Anna! Or send an email or my phone number is still the same!

Comment by Anna on January 12, 2016 at 10:01pm

Yes Mary,

Steve and I visited Catherine for Christmas one year!!  About as cold and windy as Northeastern Ohio!!!  Say a prayer for Chris, he takes the Chief's exam on the 21st!!  I've read about your upcoming decision by Duke.  I'm praying for you girl and I need to send you a private FB message!!  

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on January 12, 2016 at 5:33pm

Carl and Irene!, I ditto Anna's comments. Great to hear from you. Carl, do you still have the same email address? Had wanted to email you a few times but was not sure if you had forgotten us. I'm glad to know that Cam is doing well and sorry that the Navy was not bendable on his future orders. Chris has also been told that he will almost certainly get ship duty again if he decides to re-up after this tour. I have read where the Navy now is looking at 60 -75% of their enlistment time at sea duty. I wouldn't mind it so much if he would just get back stateside (no, I really don't count Hawaii as stateside since my son has not lived on the mainland but a few months in almost 7 years.) Gosh Anna and Carl and Irene!, we have "known" each other a long time! Glad to know though that you are still doing well Carl. And you still need to get Irene online some too!!
Anna, I pity Chris for having to go to Whidbey but as long as you don't go visit him in winter!!! Certainly don't go into Seattle and up the Space Needle on a cold day! The wind almost pushed me off the observation deck! Oh I forgot that Catherine was at the sub base. Well she can prepare Chris then. Hopefully they have repaired some of the drafty areas. My Chris almost froze there, and that's saying a lot since he is like a walking furnace. Have fun in that RV! Stop off in NC, maybe I'll be home...maybe not. I should make the transplant list at Duke next week. Whoop!
Love to all
Mary

Comment by Anna on January 11, 2016 at 3:39pm

Carl and Irene,

So great to hear from you again!!!!  So happy to hear of Cam's marriage, but sorry that the Navy wanted to send him out to sea!!!  Especially that it cost him his Navy career.  But if he's happy with his decision then that's all that matters!!!  Just to update you on our family, Jenn is still a Naval Officer ready to resume her training for flight officer.  She's been on medical hold for over a year due to a thyroid problem and crappy civilian doctors that she had to deal with at Tinker in Oklahoma!!!  However, she has recently been declared healthy, is off medical hold and ready to get back to her training squadron and finish up!!!  Chris is still IS currently stationed in Hawaii with a squadron and they will all get moved to Whidbey Island in about a year.  Finished up a deployment on the ground in Afghanistan and then another one on a ship in the Gulf of Aquaba!!  Steve and I spent all of 2015 traveling in our 5th wheel RV going all over the western US and just about every National Park out there we could get to.  As soon as spring is officially in the Northeast we will be spending 2016 on the east coast, Maine and surrounding states, and as many Michigan lighthouses as we can get to!!!!  

Hope everything is well with you two!!!

Comment by Anna on October 25, 2015 at 5:13pm

Irene,

I too am sorry that she is in a unit that is so undermanned that she has to work long hours.  One good thing is that she is one more person there so I'm sure her shipmates are glad to see her since she is helping that undermanned situation.  Mary is right tho, sometimes our kids have to do jobs that are not always cushy. My son was also on a carrier for two deployments and worked long hours and got little sleep because of those jets!!!!  Sometimes he had to be cleaver to get something to eat because he couldn't get to the chow hall at regular meal times.  But he survived and moved on to other places.  Then he spent several months working in Afghanistan teaching the Afghan air force how to read intel.  We won't talk about that job and the hours and stress!!

In case you are not aware of it, there is a group called Moms of Daughters 2.  We are a very active group of moms in all stages of their daughters careers.  Some have been in for several years, some are brand new, some are officers, and some are veterans!!!  But we all help and support each other and we are a safe haven for all those moms looking for a place to share with other moms.  You can find us at 

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/momsofdaughters2

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on October 25, 2015 at 3:56pm

Clarification....It's unfortunate that the best way for them to get perks is by going into an office that is undermanned...not that it is unfortunate that the get commendations, promotions, etc...just clarifying. :-)

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