Am following Kim on Facebook the dang shipping people never give you all the info and paper work that you need, I hope Kim got them last night or at least let her check on them and offer then more food.

She has to contact a broker to speed up the paperwork this morning... Waiting to hear from her...

She was able to see "The Round Table" crew and turn them loose in the outer crate, do a minimal clean up, and feed them. They were fine last night, and hopefully she will have them home before noon today. Prayers and happy thoughts will be appreciated.

Feather will have a story to tell...

SHE HAS THEM!!!!!


Thank you to all those who helped resolve this, & to everyone else for their wishes & prayers.

Yay!!!

Now I can celebrate!

'Hubby, I'm trading in my sweet tea for wine!!! Oh, more wine!!!' Cheers Y'all!!!

I'm so glad they are safe!!!!!

Wow! I sure did miss a lot!

Oh wel, so glad to read all ended well.

Kim I'm so glad you got home safely with the troop! They had quite an ordeal. So did you!

Hutch, Kim has so many friends in the glider world to reach out to, yet it only took one pencil pusher to cause so much greif and delay. But karma will take care of that.

I really want to document the whole ordeal for future reference here on GC.

Hutch, you did good by choosing Kim over me in order to deal with this situation. Her resources seem to be limitless. I only gave moral support and became a messenger. And I would do it all again. Like everyone else involved, we are so glad it's over and the fuzzbutz are safe and sound.

So here's a for everyone, including fuzzbutz.

So, when do you get to leave?

Now the fun part begins when Hutch gets back on this side of pond. Will they want to be with him or prefer Feather and her spoiling them rotten lol. All joking aside I cant wait for a write up From Kim on this so it make a good read unless she keeps it edited to be polite lol..

Missing fuzzbutts, house is too quiet. It is weird not being barked at in demand of treats at this hour. Few more weeks... soon... soon...

Hutch is going through Sugar withdrawals.

I understand how you feel.

I was working in the Kansas City area for about 4 days in 5th wheel while hubby was working in Bentonville, AR. He got to work days and drive home every day and I worked overnight. It's weird to stare at an empty cage...

*twitch* Need... *twitch* gliders... *spaz* yoggies...

I kept trying to figure out why I had so many frozen veggies still (I had to give my loaner refrigerator/freezer back to base today). I hit me just now: I have four less (tiny) mouths to feed that I didn't think about my last shopping trip. Oops.

Well... maybe tiny stomachs, they have big mouths. Especially at 0200 hrs.

Well... somedays seems like their stomachs are twice the size of their bodies. Especially if I was serving mealworms.

Well... okay, okay, I miss the furballs.

Arthur, Gwynevere , Merlin & Morgana here! Does anyone know where our good slave Hutch is?

Granted the hotel he sent us to is nice and we get good meals but it isn't like having our own personal slave. This hotel has a lot of gliders and we just aren't used to sharing a slave.

So if you see our slave tell him we miss him.

Arthur, Gwynevere, Merlin & Morgana

Awww. They miss you Hutch!

So when will you be in country?

"I shall return..." (MacArthur)

... late Tuesday night (Hutch).


Once I arrange living space & my the travel cage is delivered by Mr. Postman, I'll come to retrieve them & serve them like a proper minion again.

So Hutch, you are 7 hours ahead of us. Today is your travel day. Hope you can sleep on a plane, and your trip is without many issues...

Have a safe trip!

And welcome home!

It has now been 24hrs since I arrived in what will be my 'home turf' for the next two years (minimum). Signed in to my unit, began in-processing, & looking at houses.

Thanks for the welcome back

Welcome State Side So glad you are here. Ummm, now where is here

Karen, if I were to guess, He's at his base in Illinois which is SW of St Louis.

Hutch, I'm so glad you made it safely!

Good luck with housing! Have you found a vehicle yet? So you know I'm a gear head at heart, would love to know what you drive.

Oh and I'm sure the Round Table is counting down the weeks by now!

I knew that. I really did

Or, you know, due east of St Louis... but you're in the ballpark

I have my truck being shipped from Germany. It's a 2002 Chevy 1500 that I'm slowly fixing up. Previous owners put quite a lot of wear & tear on it, but all the mechanical is in great shape, so project truck, hehe.

As am I. Found a place, but won't be ready for me to move in for almost two weeks Still, I think my crew & I will be happy in it.

We all know you really did

Ahhhhhh Good! He is a Chevy man! None of that fix or repair daily stuff for Hutch!

Hate to tell ya Kimberley, but no, I'm a Ford guy. The Vortec engine GMC uses beats almost any gas-guzzler out there, I admit, but I prefer how Ford builds their frames, electronics, & interiors.

I ended up with the Chevy because it was within my budget with the minimum features I wanted. At least this generation of GMC/Chevy has a lot of aftermarket support

Ford is next second favorite. We live in Chevy/ Dodge country.

My very first pick up was a '73 Ford. When I went back to college in my 30's, it was my auto tech project. In the shop lab, most of they guys worked on the Chevy projects. The best in the class help me work on mine so they would have Ford experience. My instructor hated Fords.

I rebuilt the carburetor, auto trans, brake system, front end I-beam suspension, installed new cab mount bushings, shocks, steering column, ignition system... All while driving it back and forth to school everyday. The transmission I rebuilt was an old core from a salvage yard ($25 plus new parts. Took 2 weeks to rebuild because I had to help the guys with their chevy tranny). Took 2 hours to remove and replace. Drove home that day too!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! He prefers a swear word!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!