Scattered Thoughts . . .

O dark thirty... in the Family Reception Center. I finally managed to sort through the video clips from our trip to San Antonio and put together a bunch of video clips of Adam's graduation ceremony from Air Force Basic Training  (a big sigh of relief from me).  The video can be found at the bottom of this blog post. Admittedly, this video can be a bit boring so I don't blame people for losing interest quickly or wanting to hit that fast forward button but there are points of interest in the video which I feel I should mention here. If you find yourself getting bored, before you close the page, please fast forward to the end credits. These end credits are worth seeing. The main speaker at this graduation ceremony is the  commander of this huge training facility.  Please find the time to listen to what he has to say. He is a vibrant speaker and listening to him is very easy.  At lunch in a Mexican restaurant in Market Square after the graduation. I had asked Sheil

We've been out of town for an extended cross-country vacation by rail and just arrived back home a bit exhausted, a little heavier (great food!), and happy about all our scheduled stops as well as our unscheduled stops. We had a great time in all the cities we visited and we especially enjoyed our five days in San Antonio. Adam graduated from Air Force Basic Military Training and we were fortunate enough to have been a part of this traditional military ceremony. We spent some time on the base and I had an opportunity to re-familiarize myself with this base as well as see many new facilities since my stay more than 30 years ago.  This is one of those bases I vowed to never return to again but I have to say it was an interesting visit. I should point out that all Air Force trainees make this same vow and we all look forward to seeing Lackland in the rear-view mirror. That being said, seeing Adam graduate was worth returning to Lackland and San Antonio.  Adam is happy... he ac