{"id":319,"date":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base.html"},"modified":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T10:55:00","slug":"my-2nd-trip-off-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/","title":{"rendered":"My 2nd Trip Off Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training.  I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn&#8217;t too bad.  We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharqvillage.com\/index.php\">The Sharq Village and Spa<\/a>.  The food was incredible!  It was a <a href=\"http:\/\/sharqvillage.com\/content\/view\/33\/42\/\">Mediterranean buffet<\/a> and worth every penny.  I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t pictures of the dessert spread: lots of pistashio and honey&#8230;yum!<\/p>\n<p>I was stuffed so full of grilled jumbo shrimp, hummus, vegetables and desserts I could barely lift my rear end from the seat when all was said and done.  Thanks for talking us into trying it, Rose!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn&#8217;t too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was &#8230; <a title=\"My 2nd Trip Off Base\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about My 2nd Trip Off Base\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[13,63,14,37],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-air-force-reserves","tag-deployment","tag-friends","tag-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn&#039;t too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Major Mom\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.4\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ground Control to Major Mom - Adventures of an Air Force Retiree on the Next Life Chapter\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn&#039;t too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-02-05T10:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2009-02-05T10:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn&#039;t too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom\",\"headline\":\"My 2nd Trip Off Base\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/author\\\/patricia\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":2,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"air force reserves, deployment, friends, travel\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/tag\\\/air-force-reserves\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"air force reserves\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/tag\\\/air-force-reserves\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"air force reserves\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/tag\\\/air-force-reserves\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"My 2nd Trip Off Base\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"My 2nd Trip Off Base\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/tag\\\/air-force-reserves\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"air force reserves\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ground Control to Major Mom\",\"description\":\"Adventures of an Air Force Retiree on the Next Life Chapter\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/author\\\/patricia\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/author\\\/patricia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Major Mom\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06614b7522f312beb8d1e22b7b6a49556a3bc9dc3362d19e0540f45d0142417a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Major Mom\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/\",\"name\":\"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom\",\"description\":\"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn't too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/2009\\\/02\\\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/author\\\/patricia\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/author\\\/patricia\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ground Control to Major Mom\",\"description\":\"Adventures of an Air Force Retiree on the Next Life Chapter\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thevollmerfamily.com\\\/MajorMom\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom","description":"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn't too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was","canonical_url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#blogposting","name":"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom","headline":"My 2nd Trip Off Base","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/author\/patricia\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00","dateModified":"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":2,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"air force reserves, deployment, friends, travel"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/#listItem","name":"air force reserves"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"air force reserves","item":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#listItem","name":"My 2nd Trip Off Base"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"My 2nd Trip Off Base","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/#listItem","name":"air force reserves"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/#organization","name":"Ground Control to Major Mom","description":"Adventures of an Air Force Retiree on the Next Life Chapter","url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/author\/patricia\/#author","url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/author\/patricia\/","name":"Major Mom","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06614b7522f312beb8d1e22b7b6a49556a3bc9dc3362d19e0540f45d0142417a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Major Mom"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#webpage","url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/","name":"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom","description":"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn't too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/author\/patricia\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/author\/patricia\/#author"},"datePublished":"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00","dateModified":"2009-02-05T10:55:00-07:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/#website","url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/","name":"Ground Control to Major Mom","description":"Adventures of an Air Force Retiree on the Next Life Chapter","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ground Control to Major Mom - Adventures of an Air Force Retiree on the Next Life Chapter","og:type":"article","og:title":"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom","og:description":"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn't too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was","og:url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/","article:published_time":"2009-02-05T10:55:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2009-02-05T10:55:00+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"My 2nd Trip Off Base - Ground Control to Major Mom","twitter:description":"Rose (a friend from when I was stationed in FL) and I took a trip off base for some driving training. I drove in Seoul for 2 years, it wasn't too bad. We went to dinner at a restaurant in a posh Doha hotel: The Sharq Village and Spa. The food was incredible! It was"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"319","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"created":"2026-10-04 17:45:18","updated":"2026-10-04 17:45:18"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/\" title=\"air force reserves\">air force reserves<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tMy 2nd Trip Off Base\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/"},{"label":"air force reserves","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/"},{"label":"My 2nd Trip Off Base","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/02\/my-2nd-trip-off-base\/"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-59","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":451,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/colorado-discoveries-part-1-denver-and-stoor-wedding\/","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":0},"title":"Colorado Discoveries: Part 1 &#8212; Denver and Stoor Wedding","author":"Major Mom","date":"20 August 10","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this month the family paid a trip to our neighbor state to the west: Colorado. We were invited to our friend Rose's wedding at Buckley AFB near Denver! We worked with Rose in Florida, and I had a chance to work with her again while I was deployed in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"colorado","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/colorado\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":447,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/08\/our-delightful-long-weekend-in-colorado\/","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":1},"title":"Our Delightful Long Weekend in Colorado","author":"Major Mom","date":"12 August 10","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello friends! \u00a0We just got home from our long weekend in Colorado! \u00a0I'll summarize our trip in the next few blog posts, but in short, we had a really good time! \u00a0The day in Denver with Adam, Rose and Brad's wedding, our day in Golden, and 2 days in Rocky\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"colorado","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/colorado\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":313,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/01\/heading-off-base-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":2},"title":"Heading Off Base Today!","author":"Major Mom","date":"26 January 09","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a last minute thing, but one of the folks I work with was taking someone out for off-base driving training today, just a lunch trip into the city of Doha nearby, so I will be tagging along, merely for some sightseeing and perhaps some native fare for lunch!I leave\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"air force reserves\"","block_context":{"text":"air force reserves","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":329,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/03\/this-week-with-david-brinkley-i-mean-with-major-mom\/","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":3},"title":"This Week with David Brinkley&#8230;I mean, with Major Mom","author":"Major Mom","date":"04 March 09","format":false,"excerpt":"I've laid low from the web lately. Partly on purpose, partly because the WiFi hotspot has been acting strangely. So here's a summary of what I've been up to this week (omitting job-related stuff, obviously):First off, a friend from when we were stationed in FL came over from a nearby\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"air force reserves\"","block_context":{"text":"air force reserves","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/air-force-reserves\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":644,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/09\/road-trip-iii-2011-one-more-thing\/","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":4},"title":"Road Trip III 2011: One More Thing","author":"Major Mom","date":"03 September 11","format":false,"excerpt":"When my boys were doing the Turner Field Running of the Bases\u00a0earlier this month, there was a photographer sitting just past 2nd base taking pictures of the boys. \u00a0Some dude handed us parents a flyer with a website and asked us to note the time because the pictures of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"baseball\"","block_context":{"text":"baseball","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/baseball\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-hzSgisotk4c\/TmGK0zq3lxI\/AAAAAAABZ4k\/xIX_Qq1B_JM\/s640\/JacobRunningBases.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3930,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/08\/utah-discoveries-11-alta-ski-area\/","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":5},"title":"Utah Discoveries 11: Alta Ski Area","author":"Major Mom","date":"24 August 15","format":false,"excerpt":"For our last day in Utah, we decided to make the trek over to Alta Ski Area, which is one canyon south of Park City. It seems so simple, but in reality, what we had to do was take a route that was a\u00a0270 degree loop that was ~40 miles\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"alta\"","block_context":{"text":"alta","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/tag\/alta\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"This was a shot I took in between snow showers at the top of the one of the numerous mountain peaks at Alta Ski Area.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1096-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1096-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1096-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}