Recent Updates
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Leaving the USA | We woke up at 3:00 am to give ourselves plenty of time to make our flight out of the country. Once we got everybody up, dressed, and loaded into the car, we first had to drive from San Diego to LAX arriving during rush hour. We were fortunate that we hit no major delays — our major slowdown was due to a rest stop to change diapers. Once we arrived we had to get the suitcases out of the car top carrier, and remove it from the top of the car. Simultaneously, we had to load and tape up two boxes each containing a car seat, a booster seat, some blankets, and other odds and ends. Of course, all of this was happening at the curbside passenger drop off zone at one of the busiest airports in the world. Meanwhile, we had to find the check-in counter, hold our place in line, and shuttle the five fully packed bags, two boxes, and one acoustic guitar from the curb to the counter as there were no skycaps handling our airline! I wish we had more photos of this operation because it was really something to see, but we were all busy. Check in went fairly smoothly though — all of our bags made the weight limit, and our tickets and travel documents were all in order. We did have to run the guitar over to a special "oversize counter," but that only took an extra five minutes. Now that we were checked in and said our goodbyes to John, we had about 3 hours before flight time. We didn't want to rus right through TSA though, because we were certain they would force us to discard our milk, and we were a bit worried that they may take the Dramamine we wanted to give the kids to calm them down. Furthermore, I felt it would be nicer to wait outside as long as possible rather than being stuck at the gate waiting to board. Once we did get on board we were facing a 13.5 hour first leg to Seoul, Korea. | 2023-03-27 | ||
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Just before takeoff | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Checked in | LAX 1/27/2023 | 2023-03-27 | ||
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Dicky getting buckled in | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Loading the car — Again! | We considered getting renting a van for the trip from North San Diego to LAX, but there were two big issues: There weren't very many available, and those that were available either lacked the seats or space we required. So, I decided to load the car using the car top luggage carrier we had used two months before for our cross country trip. One remaining issue was that we needed to be able to box the car seats as they would also be going to Thailand. I got four suitcases on top of the car, and a suitcase and guitar in the trunk (and of course our trusty double stroller), but no way two boxes would also fit. The inside of the car was full as well, I would be driving, with Muu and the boys crammed in the back seat. John in the front passenger seat so he could drive the car back to his place after we got dropped off at the airport. So we collapsed the two boxes that would hold the car seats and put them in the trunk, along with several trash bags full of stuff we would put into the boxes with the car seats. | 2023-03-27 | ||
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Love this trunk | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Getting Started | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Leaving tomorrow - car packed | 1/26/2023 Escondido | 2023-03-27 | ||
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Packing in Escondido | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Bug Hunt | These bugs are a delicacy to Thais, so Muu and the guys hunt them not only to save money, but because they are a real treat. They wear "head lights" like miners, but without the helmet, to keep their hands free, as well as to attract the bugs. Then they snatch them up and put them in a two litter soda bottle which is slung over one shoulder. | 2023-03-27 | ||
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Bug Hunt | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Bug Hunt | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Bug Hunt | 2023-03-27 | |||
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Family Pool Party | Karlyn flew in for a visit, met Dicky and Terry and everybody had a great day at Jay and Mare's house. | 2023-03-27 | ||
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Uncle Paul and Dicky | Jay's Pool 5/1/2022 | 2023-03-27 |
