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!" =)