Military Service

2 weeks before we got married, Sam joined the U.S. Navy. He was sworn in and left for Boot Camp on April 13th. He spent 2 months at the Great Lakes Base in Chicago, IL, before transferring for 3 months down to the Naval Base in San Antonio, TX. I had the opportunity to fly up to Chicago to see him for a few hours in between Boot Camp and A School. I then made several trips to see him while in TX. It's a 24 hour drive. I listened to several books on tape and was grateful for Sirius XM radio!

We spent the day at Sea World

Feeding the Dolphins

Japanese Garden

Finding things to do on Sunday in San Antonio was difficult because you had to pay for mostly everything, but the Japanese Garden, located right across from the San Antonio Zoo, was open. It was very beautiful and very peaceful. 

It was hard each time saying goodbye to Sam, to make the long 2 day trip back to AZ by myself. I was so glad that the last time I made the trip it was to pick him up and bring him home. We were already packed up and we drove to our new home in San Diego.