tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5991024443488082637.post272492249609739172..comments2023-02-25T09:36:18.263-06:00Comments on Red Bull Rising: Why I Love Army LifeAdministratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357128909045161891noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5991024443488082637.post-89261411563764569722010-02-03T22:05:35.341-06:002010-02-03T22:05:35.341-06:00@Lorraine: Thanks for the good words. As a longtim...@Lorraine: Thanks for the good words. As a longtime blog-reader but relatively new blog-writer, I've been positively gob-smacked when it comes to the immediacy and instant intimacy of this medium. I've been at this for only a couple of days, yet I've already met many new friends and fellow travelers--you, Ky Woman, Coffeypot, Jeff Courter, to name but a few--and it feels like there's an automatic familiarity and trust there. It's heady stuff.<br /><br />I'm also in awe of your travels. I've just finished Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between." Have you read it? I plan to review the book more in detail in a later post, and would love to hear your thoughts.<br /><br />In case you're a reader, and into what my friends call "personal travel adventure" books: I really connected with Bruce Feiler's "Walking the Bible," having been blessed with the brief opportunity to travel in that region.<br /><br />Thanks, by the way, for your family's service. I don't know if your youngest son is still looking for ways to serve, but, if uniformed service doesn't appeal to him, the State Department needs new foreign service officers. And there's always Non-Governmental Organizations for hands-on, help-the-people experiences.<br /><br />Finally, please pass my regards and thanks to your pilot. Sherpa's Dad was Air Force, and he's got a soft-spot for blue-suiters.<br /><br />I look forward to exchanging more stories in the months to come ...Charlie Sherpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791563886675329245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5991024443488082637.post-74733830838713436302010-02-03T01:16:42.211-06:002010-02-03T01:16:42.211-06:00Why I love the blogging life: I meet guys like you...Why I love the blogging life: I meet guys like you, I meet old friends, ky woman & coffeepot, for two, and hope to follow exciting adventures and ridiculous situations. Please try to keep the blog up and out of site of the hyper nervous. Some take theirs private and invite those of us out here to join. You can be more honest that way. I followed Kaboom from the beginning and my youngest son was considering service until they took Capt G off - he saw it as the enemy within and didn't think he could handle it. I didn't think he would either. My other son is in AF - pilot - has been to Afghanistan during his duty. I traveled through Stan in the early '70 - on a bus and hopping from place through the middle - Kabul to Herat. It was quite a trip. It was my first all Moslem country. You better believe I was covered head to toe - not in a Burka but in my own form of covering. It worked - not a hassle from anyone and the women were very friendly and accepted me into their world. Was heart broken at the Russian invasion and the subsequent Taliban take over. These poor people have been through so much being the country people need to get through to get somehere else - such as me on my way to London from India - stories for another time. I am a nurse and wish I was younger. I met a National Guard recruiter and when I told him my age he laughed, shook his head and said no. God be with you on your service and thank you for it. with love - lorrainelorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442150597701836126noreply@blogger.com