Jillian

What would I do without my wonderful wife?  She never ceases to surprise me with odds and ends in care packages!  Though it's not as much fun as a real deployment (since I can find everything I need here), she still likes to send random items along with the things I request.

This time she sent me a small Star Wars Lego set, which I assembled immediately of course! That was included with enough Angostura bitters to stock a bar for a year (there's a second bottle...), and other requested items that I need (such as a phone case I'd left at home).

Jillian also made the pages of Toyota Trails magazine! Our first (and only) trip to Moab together for CruiseMoab 2014 put us on Kane Creek Canyon trail our final day, along with a gentleman named Tim Kurnos, who lived in Aspen.  Since he was riding solo, and Jillian was taking photos, he asked if we could forward any pics of him and his FJ40.  Toyota Trails did an article on his adventures and how he ended up in Colorado.

Well, I dug through the pictures I had sent to him, and there it was! Jillian's photo right in the magazine!  And as proof, a second pic where you can see my then red Land Cruiser in the background .  Fortunately for Tim, she took many pictures of him, since she couldn't watch me do it (as APPARENTLY I was about to drive off a cliff).

Not a bad way to end a Monday! Hope your's goes as well as mine!

Time Off

So, finally getting a few weeks to relax and not be in the mission or prepping to move or anything.  And it's much needed.  When I'm not in the field, I like cook and drink tasty beverages. That's what I'll be covering today.

I love making burgers.  And now they must have peanut butter on the bun (chunky peanut butter preferably.  This is actually a bison burger, something I stumbled on at the commissary.  Pretty darn good.  I wanted to throw a hashbrown and an egg on this, but I got too lazy.  Still delicious anyways.

              

On one of my travels, I picked up this bottle of scotch from one of the local stores, Lotte. It's kind of like a Walmart but classier, but just as crazy.  I pointed to the one I wanted, assuming they would hand me something on the right, with probably a clear cover.

Nope.

First came the nice Glenfiddich bag. Then she found the right product, which is actually wrapped, like a Christmas present.  I don't know who does that, but I'll be hiring them to do my Christmas presents next year.  The presentation is absolutely amazing as well, not to mention this is one of the smoothest scotches I've had.

My desk space is starting to dwindle.  Some interesting beers are on the left that I picked up in Yongsan while out visiting the breweries last weekend.  The iStout is from New Zealand, Jack Hammer from Scotland, and Sloth from Denmark.  I have Disaronno from trying out Godfathers last week (a bit sweet for my taste, or they needed more scotch...) and sweet Vermouth for Rob Roys (thats whats in the glass, and they are tasty!).

So that's what I've been up to as of late. A buddy from Fort Carson recently got here that is into beer as well, so many more beer adventures to come!

What have you been up to?