My Husband...The World Traveler!

Larry landed safely in London, England at 5:30 am local London time (12:30 am Maryland time). After getting their bags and rental car, they got on the road and headed a few hours down the road for Salisbury, England. Salisbury is about half way to their destination of Culdrose, Cornwall, England. After flying all night, they decided it was best not to make the 6 hour trip to the Air Force Base in Culdrose, Cornwall, England.

After talking to Larry this afternoon, he told me that they had lunch at an English Pub (and he had fish and chips), walked around the town of Salisbury, saw an amazing Cathedral (I'm anxious to see pictures) and were able to go see this:

Yep, that's right...Larry went to see Stonehenge. He said it was incredible in person. He got better pictures with the camera he took with him, this is only a picture that he sent me from his cell phone! Even in this picture, it looks amazing!

I let Larry know when I was going to be putting Alex down for naptime and he called and read one of his favorite books to him over the phone. It was so sweet - and felt as though Larry was right there with us, not over 3500 miles away! Here was the picture that I took and sent to Larry shortly after he read him his story:

Is there anything sweeter than a sleeping little one?!

When I talked to Larry tonight, he told me that they went to a little Italian place near their hotel for dinner. Yes, Italian in England...and he said that the food was REALLY good! After dinner he said that they went to a pub near the hotel to "unwind"! It sounds like he had a great first day :)

Tomorrow, they are waking up bright and early and heading to the Air Force Base that they will be working/flying at for the next 10 days! I probably won't have too many more interesting things to report over the next few days...he will be busy working and flying!

Bye-Bye Daddy!

Larry left today for a 12 day adventure to England! While there, he will be testing and flying in the Royal Air Force AW101 Merlin helicopter. He will be spending most of his time in Culdrose (I think that is how you spell it) which is in the southwest corner of England, but they are planning to travel to London on the last day of the trip to tour and look around!

Larry will be flying in this helicopter (I found the image on Wikipedia):

And here is a link so you can read up on the helicopter if you want: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101

He said that it is the largest helicopter that he has flown in. They will be spending approximately 8 hours in the AW1o1 flying it. Most of the time his friend (fellow schoolmate and Naval Pilot), Nick, will be flying. Larry will however get to spend about 30 minutes flying, along with Cecily (another schoolmate and a NFO). He is really excited that he will be able to fly it! I told Larry to have fun, work hard and take plenty of pictures!

Today, instead of going into school this morning, Larry was able to spend some time with Alex and I. We went to Target, helped Larry finish packing (well, Alex didn't so much help - he mostly pulled the stuff out of Larry's suitcase as he was trying to put it in), went to The Jump Yard and had lunch at McDonald's. It was nice being able to spend a few hours with Larry before he left!

Alex had a great time at The Jump Yard (as usual). I forgot to bring my camera...shocking, I know! I did get a quick video of him going down the big slide though.

I would be lying if I said that we weren't sad and missing Larry. But, while Alex and I will miss him, we know that we will see him again in 12 short (okay, maybe long) days! I hope to have lots of pictures and stories from Larry to relay to you all when he returns.