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Jersey Shore!!!
... we stayed here for a while chatting to Lea and getting information about New York in terms of what to see in such a short stay and bars around our hotel near Time Square. Following this it was off to EJ's for more games of pool and laughing at a women who freaked out when she saw 6 foot 7 Rich asking if the circus was in town. We stayed in here until kicking out time, not as crazy as last night but hoping to feel fresher for our final driven to New ...
A desperate gamble
First flight to England - cancelled. Flight to Germany - cancelled. Second flight to England, 11 seats, all taken by people ahead of us. The situation was pretty grim at this point. There was a flight to Dover AFB later that evening and then two flights to Germany from there but they were list as having zero seats (tentative).
Then, a faint glimmer of hope from Dover ...
Fewer seats
... We have never tried to travel this early in the summer and now I know why. Unfortunately, the number of available seats never increased. I did get an interesting lesson in C-17 cargo and passenger manifesting. Apparently, there are regulations covering whether cargo is strapped-down or on a pallet and how close cargo can be to a passenger. Anyway, the short version ...
A day of rain
... wikis told us that we could catch the bus outside the front gate and down the road a bit. We got to the bus stop with no trouble until... rain again. We managed to stay dry at the 7-11 until it came time for the bus and then I went out to watch for it.
The bus ride was interesting. Oh, I should mention that soon after we got on, the bus went TO THE BASE. Really, friendly military travel wiki? You couldn't have told us that we ...
From bad to worse
... it sent FedEx Overnight to us here. Fortunately, my mom was able to find it and get it sent out right away. Thanks, Mom! Without anything to do until we got the passport, we headed to billeting. [Note to self: It's a long walk to billeting from the terminal. Take the shuttle next time, stupid.] We got settled in our room and then went down to Pudgy's Sports Pub, ate, and watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. ...