We Put in a Pass!

Two weekends ago Colt put in a pass (a pass is where Colt can go wherever he would like without worrying about getting a re-call and having to rush back to post) so we took full advantage!

Saturday morning we went White Water Rafting Tubing (Ha!) in Korea. They call it white water rafting but compared to what we have in the states we decided they should call the trip "tubing" instead. Although we were disappointed about the rapids we still had an awesome time. I didn’t realize South Korea actually had beautiful scenery until that day. The mountains, flowers, and water were beautiful. Half way through our tour we stopped and they allowed everyone to get out and jump off a rock into the river. Chrissy, Niki, and I decided we would take on the challenge. Although I am happy I can look back and say "I did it!” I didn’t enjoy the experience at the time. I never knew that water could literally take your breath AWAY! When I came up out of the water I was gasping for breath and couldn’t breath for a GOOD 10-15 seconds. I have never felt water so cold! Good thing I had on a life jacket or a seriously think I would have drowned, but it was F.U.N-ha!

Saturday night we took the train down to City Hall (a couple stops before Seoul) and the Boyer's introduced us to a little spot where they have ALL AMERICAN RESTURANTS. Now to most of you this might not sound very exciting, but when the only American food you see or eat is the food you cook in your house an American Restaurant is heaven! After the hard decision between Outback, TGIF, and California Pizza Kitchen we decided to go with TGIF. Needless to say I ate my hamburger and French fries in fewer than five minutes, had two strawberry daiquiris, and then decided to treat myself to 4 Krispy Kreme doughnuts after dinner. It was a good night. =)

Cool Building in City Hall

Korean's are obsessed with Hello Kitty so much that they even have Hello Kitty doughnuts! Seriously?

We spent the night at Dragon Hill Lodge (a hotel on another American base called Yongsan in Seoul) Saturday night. We enjoy staying at this hotel because it’s very in expensive, all military, on an American post, and it's very nice. Here is the landscape behind the hotel.

Sunday morning we woke up and enjoyed MORE AMERICAN FOOD! I had pancakes, biscuits & gravy, sausage, and more! After that we headed to Seoul Land (aka Korea's six flags) and we had a blast! Although there were only 3 big roller coasters we still had fun enjoying all the kids’ rides and obstacle courses once we got done with all the "big kid" rides.

Front of Seoul Land

The Boys

 HaHa-This picture of Colt is priceless. He wasn't very happy about this ride!

The Girls

So STRONG!

After a very LONG and FUN day!



As you are walking into Seoul Land there are vendors lined up on both sides of the street selling different types of foods. One thing I can defiantly say about Korea is they eat some CRAZY and NASTY foods. Jones and Chrissy decided to be daring and try the nasty bugs:

This is not a joke....they literally have bowls of bugs (not sure what kind) soaking in some sort of boiling hot liquid being sold on the side of the street. Jones and Chrissy said they were disgusting and almost threw up, yet the Koreans were walking around with them in cups eating them like candy! Nasty!

Overall I would say it was almost a perfect weekend...why almost? Well because this is what I had to use the restroom in all weekend:

Public restrooms in Korea are a bowl in the floor! You have to straddle the bowl and squat to use the restroom...all without touching the nasty wall or falling over.

What can I say: "You gotta love Korea!" =)

Korean BBQ

Recently some friends took Colt and I to Korean BBQ. We had a blast!

You walk into the restaurant and take your shoes off at the door. Then, you sit on pillows on the floor at a really short table. You order the type of meet you want and they put coals into small fires that are inside the table. Once the fire is ready to go and you have your drinks the server brings out TONS of food. You literally cannot sit anything on the table because of all the sides, vegetables, and sauces. You take your meat and cook it in the middle of the table over the fire. The food was awesome and there were also some very interesting sides we tried.

Cooking the meat.

All of the sides, veggies, and sauces! This is only HALF of the table. SO much food.

This was a really neat experience. I loved how authentic the food was and experience of sitting on the floor. I have to admit sitting at the table with no shoes was pretty awkward at first. Defiantly not what we are used to in the USA! The word "BBQ" is very deceiving in Korea and not the BBQ we are used to back at home.



Soyo-san Mountain

One of our first Adventures in South Korea was climbing Soyo-san Mountain with friends. Soyo Mountain is the large ridgeline of peaks that tower over Camp Casey located adjacent to the Korean city of Dongducheon. The mountain is approximately 11 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Although Soyo Mountain is relatively small, only standing 587m tall, it is covered by a lush forest, and dotted by waterfalls and peaks.

This is all of us at one of the first check points.

At the next check point you could literally see all of Camp Casey. It was really cool, yet scary that the whole base can be seen from this mountain.

Colt & I once we reached the top!

Being adventurous and brave! Ha! Sitting on the edge of the mountain!