Our last day out!

me and coop-da-
doop! we're at the saddle shop!! :-)

My last day in Auzzie!!

THIS IS MY LAST DAY IN AUZZIE! AND I SPENT IT ALL WITH COOP!! FIRST OFF, I GOT US BOTH OFFA WORK BECAUSE I AM JUST SMOOTH LIKE THAT ;-) HAHA!
WELL, WE WENT ALL OVER KATHERINE!! AFTER WE SLEPT IN, OF COURSE. WE WENT TO THE SURFER STORE, THE COLLECTABLE STORE WHERE COOP GOT SOME PRETTY SWEET FARIES!! ( I GOT HER ONE AS A PRESENT SO HER OTHER ONE WOULDN'T FEEL LONELY!) WE ALSO WENT EAT AT THE BUCKING BULL WHERE WE WATCHED AN ENTIRE MOVIE IN GERMAN (AND IT WAS GOOD!) AND ATE SOME OF THE GREATEST PIE EVER!! WE ALSO HAPPENED TO FIND THIS CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH IN HIDING AND OH!!! GUESS WHAT WE FOUND?! SITTING RIGHT THERE ON THE CHECKOUT COUNTER AS WE WERE GOIN BY WAS MISTER GOD, THIS IS ANNA - BY FYNN. AH!!! MY FAVORITE BOOK!! IT'S S'POSED TO BE OUTTA CIRCULATION!! WHAT A LUCKY FIND!! GOD DEFINATELY POINTED THAT ONE OUT TO ME!! :-)
THEN WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE SADDLE STORE!! FINALLY! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GO INTO THAT PLACE FOR 2 YEARS!! THE HOURS WERE ALWAYS CRAZY SO, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GO OUTSIDE OF WORK! WHEW! GEEZ! AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!! SHE GOT CRAZY PICS OF ME HUGGING A SADDLE! I SURE DO MISS RIDING!! I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK AND RIDE WITH THE TWINS!
WELL, WE DID MORE STUFF BUT, I'M NOT GONNA WRITE IT ALL DOWN.. THAT IS MELISSA AND I TO REMEMBER AND CHERISH. I AM GONNA MISS HER THO. IT WILL BE WEIRD GOING TO A DIFFERENT SQUADRON THAN HER. SHE HAS BECOME ONE OF MY GREATEST FRIENDS. I WILL MISS HER. :(
WELL, THE PICS ARE COMIN FOR SURE! HAVE PATIENCE UNTIL I CAN GET EM OFFA MY CAMERA STICK!!

The Boy Wonders!

haha, what we were doing, I don't know! but, it was FUN!!! aren't we hilarious?! I love ya girl!

Boredom

Well, this is what happens when Marines start to get bored!
Here, 9 of our guys took on our biggest guy, LCpl Karcher, and it took ALL of them! Lol!
Here's is Arts & Crafts time in Airframes!!
Powerline, watching the football game in between flights! ( Steelers LOST!! Woo hoo!)
And, once we gt Karcher down, it was a matter of HOLDING him there and trying to wrap him up!! Haha, unfortunately, we did not succeed! But, it was fun!

Katherine's Gorge, Katherine, Australia

BEAUTIFUL Katherine's Gorge in Northern Territory Australia!! This place was GORGEOUS!! Melissa and I kayaked 6 1/2 mile !! :-) It was AWESOME!!! I was burned soooooooo bad (even the tops of my feet blistered!) but, thinking back on it now, it was one of the best days ever.

Arming...

So, after Final Checking comes the part where our Ordnance Arms the jet so that he can drop his bombs!! Hi Krusty!!!

Again, me and my signs!!! :-) this one's cool tho, because of the sign WITH the armed aircraft in the background!
Here's Sgt Tackett taxiing in an Aircraft for arming!
Tricky button!

Out at Digger's Den

Food!! And @ Digger's Den too! Steeeaaakkkkkk....mmmmmm.. :-) Lol! It was just a girl's thing and it was great!! Me Coop, Krysten and Rich! We had a blast! Even Rich was sportin her water!! Lol, she cracks me up sometimes!!
well, send ya a little more from Down Unda lata!!

Workin in Australia....

Here is one of our jets taxiing around the OLA's in RAAF Tindal, Australia, where we were stationed for our Field Excersize!
Cpl Bowler is going thru the launch procedures with this pilot!
This is one of the best pictures I've taken so far! This is Razz ( Cpl Cara) waitin for the next jet to taxi in for final checking.


Livin the dream! :-) These guys are final checking this F-18 that's ready to GO! This is just another day in the life of Airwing Marines from Iwakuni, Japan!

Fruits of our Labor (or, THEIRS!)

So, after countless hours of Loading (and Maintenance!) our jets are off to drop their bombs!!
Oooohhh!! Rockets!!
Lol, just in case y'all have never noticed, I love signs!! Haha!
One of our jets equipped w/rockets!
One of the Ordies drivin the SATS around, looking for more bombs!

Ordies Loading!!

Up ya go!

LCpl Krutzfeld (Krusty), LCpl Tiberi, LCpl Swanson takin a break before they load some more!


Here's our AWESOME Ordnance guys (and gals) loading some live stuff!

Another day of Launches!

And here we are, yet again, doing what we do best! Cpl Walker and Cpl Goldman, final checking...
...our pilot, waiting patiently...
... Cpl Walz and Cpl Cara final checking the other side...
... Cpl Comire, waiting in case he's needed...
... and here is Razz, sending him off!

Settin up shop!

Ah!! BAD picture of me!What AM I doing??!

I love crazy pictures like this one! Shadows cast by the sunset... sometimes it just looks prettier in person I guess!
Smile big Zepeda!

Here we are! Back in Tindal Australia!! How about that! Time to set up and start working! Or, fingers crossed, a long vacation! Lol! (We wish!!)

Birthday x2

so, it's our first weekend in Auzzie, right? well, the guys decided that since they didn't get me on my 21st in Japan, that they'd treat me to a proper 21st in Australia! and boy did they!! I will never, EVER do that again!! Yesterday was horrible!! And I can't even begin to describe the actual night before! It makes me sick again just thinking about it!!` so, please excuse me while I go let my lunch up!` ugh....
p.s. that's a squashed frog from Katherine Hotel.