The Info Post

So yesterday I thought I'd finally have time to sit down and write up a detailed post of who/what/where/how/why of our trip. After a late lunch we had all afternoon to rest up/relax. It took me a bit to get my computer to reconnect to the internet and I thought I'd take a little nap before jumping into my post since I wasn't able to connect with Yvonne and the family at that time. I dozed off for what I thought was a bit but when I awoke I looked at my watch and saw that over 2 hours had passed... whoa. Guess I was more tired than I thought. As you can see - Clint was too. Sorry for all the photos of Clint, but I don't make these thing up.

Anyway, after arriving we headed to our housing... a place called "Good Cottages." We are just outside Belfast in the beautiful green countryside. From the plane it looked just like a giant golf course.
Casey, Clint, Mark, and I were assigned to one of the cottages with a couple other guys. We found one of the rooms had 3 beds the other... two. I supported the idea that Mark and Clint got the big bed. I ended up on the couch...

We headed out to a gathering at the Firefighters for Christ center here in Ireland for a dinner gathering we were having to meet many of the Irish guys here. This is our team. We've got 7 from Fresno and others from Anaheim, Orange County, Pasadena, Michigan, Germany, Canada, etc - I'm still trying to learn names...

Karl, one of the guys from Canada smuggled in some Salmon. Good thing he didn't get checked at the airport - I think he taped them to his chest... I think I found some chest hair on mine. Or maybe Clint got too close to the grill.

As you can see, Brian Price, one of Fresno captains - spent his time shaking hands and kissing babies.

Some of the guys head out to shift today - the rest will go to a Firefighters for Christ breakfast later this morning.

More later.