Road Trip - Part I

After finishing at Altus the first week of September and returning to out-process from the base the week after, we were finally able to hit the road. As Cynthia's mom, Julieta, had been living with us for nearly two years, helping out with the boys while Cynthia went to school and I was working/deploying, we needed to help her move. She decided to move to Florida rather than returning to Canada for several reasons. Since the decision wasn't made until shortly before we left, I opted to have our tickets to fly to England leave out of Baltimore. Upon Google-mapping it, I found the distance from Del Rio-Ottawa-Baltimore only varied about 100 miles from Del Rio-Miami-Baltimore. The plan was coming together...


(Saying goodbye to our house in Del Rio.)

On Friday, Sept 10, we rolled out of the gates of Laughlin Air Force Base. I drove the Odyssey with the boys and U-Haul trailer full of Julieta's stuff followed by Cynthia and Julieta in the Passport. Fortunately, the drive was uneventful as we stayed overnight in Lake Charles, LA and Tallahassee, FL. During the time between, we decided to visit Disney World and were able to score a room at the Army's Shades of Green military resort just outside the gates of the magic kingdom. With a great deal on park passes, we visited the Magic Kingdom on Monday, Animal Kingdom on Tuesday, and Hollywood Studio on Wednesday. (We actually tried to do Hollywood Studio on Sunday evening after we checked-in. That was a major FAIL as a large thunderstorm hit; we got soaked, the park closed early, and everyone was freaking out as we stood in the open and waited for the buses to take us back to the hotel. It was a good laugh afterward.)


Token Disney shot outside the front of the Magic Kingdom on Monday.

The boys with Stitch.


















The boys' hero shot after conquering the "Yeti"
roller coaster at Animal Kingdom on Tuesday.


Jordan was the first in this group of the Jedi Training Academy.


Josh rocked his Jedi training!