Day One of Travel to ? 5-31-09

Woke up at 6:45 after a late night of fun with the Castillos before they pull out on their next military adventure. Walked to the AMC and found out there was only 1 seat available on the flight to Japan...I thought I had good odds until a Category 2 (Medical Leave) girl snatched it up. So I was left with a quick decision: Walk back home on this rainy-cold Alaskan Summer day OR board the flight for Travis AFB (Between Sacramento and San Francisco) California. I went with the CALIFORNIA choice! The flight on a C17 was really interesting because there was a crew doing medical training the whole time, so they ran through all sorts of scenarios like crash landing, fire, loss of pressure, various injuries, etc. I slept all stretched out with my bed roll and pillows and blankets most of the way and woke up to a sunny, palm tree view out the back hatch of the plane! So Cool! Checked into the base hotel (SOOOOOOO nice! I'm really amazed!) and walked to the BX (store) for dinner. The sweet smell of star jasmine is everywhere and it's nice actually using my sunglasses! haha. No flights to Japan on Monday, so I'm planning to rent a car and go to the Jelly Belly Factory, San Francisco to see the Golden Gate and maybe Ghirardelli Square and Fisherman's Wharf.