[GH85Carrera]

He had pretty much been there done that. For a while he was traveling more than he was home. He had learned long ago to never ever trust the airlines for your luggage. He had a briefcase that he would pack his Dop kit, one undershirt, and underwear on all trips. He packed the exact same gear on so many trips once as he walked out the door he said, whoops something is missing. The suitcase was missing two pair of boxer shorts. He could tell because the weight of the suitcase was light. When you wear a uniform everyday there is no need for a a lot of different clothes. And this was long before suitcases had wheels. He visited virtually every developed non-communist nation on the planet except Australia. He had one trip to down under and he was in the left seat about to apply takeoff power when the mission was canceled because of some other crisis had developed and they needed the airplane to go to another destination.

He traveled a lot on military aircraft but many commercial flights as well. One trip from NYC to LA on a 747 back in the days when Pan Am was the king. The flight had 12 passengers. Just 12. It was the days of regulation and if they had a scheduled flight they could not cancel due to lack of passengers. He said it was great as a passenger. He had his own private stewardess and again long before any male stewards and in the days of all attractive women.

My mom spent three weeks on a trip to Africa, two weeks in Great Brittan, a week in Japan and a cruise around the southern tip of Africa. The only real trip he went on was for their 50th anniversary and the entire family went to Hawaii for a one week cruise. That was a blast. He wanted to go mostly spend time with his kids and grand-kids. They were married for 55 years before mom died.