Whew... we finally made it! We drove into McChord AFB last Tuesday night; the welcome was complete with rain and coldness.
Because we must live on base, we have a choice of 2 houses. One is nice and available now, but the other one is a bit bigger so we think we will wait for that house, which means temp lodging for TWO months. (1 bathroom and 2 bedrooms; YIKES!) It is a historical brick house and is within walking distance of most everything on base. The neighbors seem very nice (5 units connected, close neighbors like stairwell housing overseas).
The sun was out Sunday so we decided we shouldn't waste it. We headed up towards Mt Ranier National Park and hiked our first 3 mile hike to Comet Falls. Very rugged terrain but the girls were real troopers and we made it. Definitely worth it!
On a side note, two things we learned coming through Oregon. It is illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon and we never knew that the potato company, Ore-Ida, is named so because it is on the border of Oregon and Idaho! Who knew??