Formal Introductions!!

We, at GuidetoMilitaryTravel.com, are very excited to introduce to you our newest travel experts. You've met Katie, but here's a small introduction of her family written by her Air Force pilot husband Kent. Kent and Katie (and family) will be our outdoor adventurists and international travel experts. Welcome Kent and Katie! We look forward to you writing about your many adventures.

Here's their bio:

Katie and I are a young military family with two kids, a three year old girl and a nine month old boy. We met in Estes Park, Colorado in 2003 where we hit it off immediately. Ever since that first meeting the military aspect of my life was like the gorilla you try to discretely keep in the corner – it inevitably tramps through everything and eats all the hors d’oeuvres. Although I got her number, the first time I called her was from Germany a little over a week later, I was TDY for over a month. After returning we started to date, but then I had to deploy for a few months and we continued via e-mail. Eventually I came home and we had some solid time together, at least enough to realize that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and hoped to figure out the finer details later. Katie grew up a military brat, moving all over the world, so jumping right in was second nature, like finding your childhood blanky, familiar and comfy (though stinky and ratty in places). Since then God has blessed us with two children and Uncle Sam has taken us through Europe for nearly three years – so we’re anticipating a return to the states soon. We’ve had a wonderful time when I’ve been around, trying to go and see some great spots. The more cities we see, the more we realize that the mountains and the outdoors are what truly call to us and our family. Let it go on the record – the Alps are exquisite, I have yet to see other mountains that surpass them, having both the grandeur, the sheer size and magnificence as well as the charm, they’re really amazing. Off that tangent, back to us. You see, although we love the mountains we’ve felt an obligation to go and see many of the cultural sites, the tourist sites that are immortalized in every movie and book. Had we not seen them we’d forever ask ourselves “How could we have been so close and never seen them?” We almost look forward to being back in the states where this innate feeling of historical/cultural responsibility to experience doesn’t exist for us. Our guilt free quest to see all the national parks and as many fourteeners as a family can safely climb will resume in full swing or least a little bit of a swing, seeing how our next duty station will most likely not be within 500 miles of a national park – but that’s alright, because like you, we love to travel.

Here's a sample of our adventures for the last year:

Jan 08 Colmar, France – Baden Baden, Germany

Feb 08 Chamonix, France

March 08 Morocco, Southern Spain, Gibraltar

April 08 Amsterdam, Netherlands

May 08 Rhine and Mosel River Valleys

June 08 Normandy, France for D-Day Celebrations, Palace of Versailles, Monet’s Home and Smith Rock, Oregon / Olympic Peninsula, Washington

July 08 Lauterbrunnan, Switzerland Camping

Dec 08 Prague, Czech Republic

Jan 09 Seattle, Colorado Springs

Mar 09 Haute Route, Switzerland (Hut to Hut Backcountry Skiing)

Apr 09 Neuschwanstein, Ceramic Shopping Nove, Italy, French Riviera and Monte Carlo

May 09 Berlin, Berchtesgaden, Germany (Eagle’s Nest) and Vienna, Austria

June 09 ……

If we can answer any questions or if you'd like to send us a note, write us at KentandKatie@GuidetoMilitaryTravel.com!


Stay tuned for Kent and Katie's newest adventure!

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