Travel from California to Korea

Heavily edited for security/privacy, but the string of messages below are the first contacts with son G as he left the States for a 1 year tour of duty in South Korea.

Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:50 PM
I'm at Seattle. The flight went fine, and I picked up and checked in my luggage with AMC, so I'm now just hanging out at the USO until my flight comes in. That won't happen until about 0045 or 0130 or so. Just wanted to let you know.

Tue, May 4, 2010 at 5:17 AM
After a three hour flight to Anchorage, now we're waiting for the plane to refuel for the 7 hour flight to Yokota. Then another 2 hours for fuel, and a 22 minute hop to Osan.

Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:20 AM
Just arrived at Yokota. Bleeaargh.


Now at Osan. They're processing us through immigration and customs now. "Do you have any North Korean propaganda to declare?", etc. I probably shouldn't have put those "Soviet Short Stories" books I got from the church thrift shop in my carryon bag...

Ok, I'm at Kunsan now. The base is all locked down due to an exercise, and billeting is filled up... so they sent me to an offbase hotel. I'm going to have to send you pictures of this place! The hallways are... well, "Vegas techno". Yeah. But the rooms are great, and only $50 a night. Craaazy.