Escape from South Dakota

Published on August 21, 2004 By dharmagrl In Misc

Well, we managed to escape from the vortex that is Ellsworth AFB....and we made it from SD to Indiana in 2 days. We left Ellsworth at 1140 local time on Thursday morning (passed the housing inspection the first time, yay!) and we arrived in Vincennes, southern Indiana yesterday afternoon at 1500 local time. No problems with the car, not too many problems with traffic, the kids were great...I'm just never staying in the Best Western in Newton, Iowa agin (I'll tell you more later).

Anyway, we're off to lunch (or dinner, as they call it in these parts) with my grandfather-in-law and then we're hanging with my mother-in-law's family tonight - and I get to 'borrow' my niece's 8 week old infant for a few hours!

I'll write more later......oh, Miggy, if you read this, will you please send me your mailing adress? I'd like to add you to my postcard mailing list...you can send it to dharmagirl69@yahoo.com. Thanks!

Love to you all........

Dharma

Comments (Page 2)

dharmagrl

on Aug 23, 2004

And I'm not sure how long you've had me unblacklisted, but thanks.

You're welcome, and it's been ages....and thank you for your best wishes. It's been a little.....difficult, getting used to one another again, especially since we've been under a fair bit of pressure what with the move, the drive, the vacation etc. I think that this too shall pass though, and that once we get situated in our own home and our new base things will settle down.

M-Post....I was thinking about you just the other day, actually. We were driving along Portland Ave and there are a lot of the college party houses along there that are in the process of being demolished...I imagine that you're somewhat familiar with the interior of a few of those (I know my husband is, he went to school at VU too)!

Mason...I leave SD and you go there! What the heck are you doing up there? Are you trucking again?

SPC NS....yeah, you've had the SD experience, I can see! Did you know that there are more people in the SF Bay area of California than there are in SD, WY and ND combined?! That's pretty indicative of the lack of culture I've had to live with for the past 9 years!

SSG Geezer

on Aug 23, 2004

SO know you slam North Dakota, or Dakota as it is known to some, which is my birthplace.
Jeeze Dharma, don't you like anyplace I do?

MasonM

on Aug 23, 2004

Mason...I leave SD and you go there! What the heck are you doing up there? Are you trucking again?

Yep. Besides needing the money, I just couldn't adjust to a regular job with regular hours, scheduled breaks, etc.... Just too damn routine and boring.

Janders

on Aug 23, 2004

Well we were acutally in the same state for a few days! I hope all is going well!

dharmagrl

on Aug 23, 2004

SO know you slam North Dakota, or Dakota as it is known to some, which is my birthplace.
Jeeze Dharma, don't you like anyplace I do?

No, I didn't slam it, I just said there was a lack of culture there. If I'd have slammed it I'd have said that it was a real shithole and the only folks who lived up there were inbred and retarded. I didn't say that, ergo, I didn't slam it.

And I'd like any where you are, Geezer...*blushes and walks away*

dharmagrl

on Aug 23, 2004

SIMON GOT A JOB!

yay!!!!!!!! That's awesome!!!! What's he going to be doing? You'll like Richmond, it's wonderfully historic.

Oh and Geezer...I like it here in Indiana, I just am taking my time getting used to the humidity and the bugs!

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