We are becoming an Air Force Family.
The girls just spent a week in Alena
with Civil Air Patrol for Encampment.
Not to be confused with regular summer camp.
This is about 1/3 of the cadets who attended.
It felt very strange not seeing Nathan.
Knowing the girls are on the same team as him is awesome,
albeit in another state.
Encampment graduation always begins with Pass in Review.
This was our first sighting of them in a week
except a few scant pictures available on Smugmug
that the staff of Encampment takes and tries to keep updated.
I must confess I've gotten spoiled by Webguy,
who is taking thousands of pictures of the cadets in Colorado everyday.
I was a bit concerned the first day that smugmug posted
as I couldn't find the girls anywhere.
Part of me wondered if AJ had took off on foot
looking for the closest Burger King.
What concerned me more was the second day
and I actually did see pics of them.
AJ standing at attention in front of table with tray of food.
It looked something like beef stew, mashed potatoes and peas.
I was waiting daily for a call saying she was refusing to eat.
She actually tried everything, including bacon, tater tots and eggs.
I forgot about tater tots. I thought they disappeared with the dinosaurs.
Squadrons are broken into smaller flights.
The girls were in different flights but slept in the same barracks.
I've already heard lots of stories of the drama
that occurs in a barrack full of girls.
Nathan never came home with stories of drama.
Being a girl has it's privileges. Eh hem.
Each flight chose an Honor Cadet for the week
that was announced at graduation.
Echo Flight chose Adrianna James!
Every flight competed for Honor Flight for the week.
This coveted position was heavily fought for.
The winner was ALPHA FLIGHT
Guess which James sister was in Alpha Flight?
The Alpha girls were all very proud and excited to have taken the honor.
The girls were repeatedly asked if they had a sister at Encampment.
AJ was asked if she had a twin,
which she emphatically denied.
Henceforth she was called the "little James"
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