This is God's Country

C-ayyyy N-ayyyyy D-ayyyyy

As divulged in yesterday's groundbreaking entry...I am in Newfoundland, Canada awaiting aircraft maintenance so I can return to the US. Well post-entry I was able to go and explore the island a little more and I am now thoroughly convinced that this is the most beautiful place on the face of the earth:

Not to mention "George St." which is home to over 40 bars.

LIST OF THINGS I LIKE ABOUT NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA:

Everything is NOT tan

I don't have to shower in a tent

I get to eat steak that wasn't first boiled by a Kuwaiti

It is about to snow outside...instead of spontaneously com bust

Dysentery is not something I have to be mindful of

Most Canadians do not want to kill me

I am in the same hemisphere as my girlfriend...at last

BACK FROM IRAQ, JACK!

HOMEWARD BOUND

Welcome back to my page. Those of you that are reading this undoubtedly thought that I died, fell off of the face of the earth, or worse yet... got bored with blogging. The true answer is that I simply deployed to the beautiful countries of Kuwait and Iraq for a little over 4 months where I was not allowed to access any websites that had anything to do with fun. I am, however, back now (actually in Newfoundland, Canada while they fix my plane) and I plan on sharing some pictures from my journey and catching up with fellow bloggers.

Fun Facts about Bobby's deployment:

Flew 57 Combat missions over the not so friendly skies of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain.

Made the news when plane I was flying was carrying 3 Senators and a Rep and we managed to dodge a 3 Rocket attack from bad guys....almost got a CNN interview out of it:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/31/iraq.main/index.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/30/iraq/main3222845.shtml

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/31/world/middleeast/31attack.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Experienced temperatures as high as 54 degrees Celsius (139 degrees Fahrenheit)

Read 14 novels: some good ones

Flew a C-130 back to the US (still in progress) allowing me to see Turkey, England, and Newfoundland

Fun Pictures

ME AND MY BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND, THE LAST TIME I GOT TO SEE HER A LITTLE OVER 4 MONTHS AGO:

That's all for now