December 4, 2009

My sister, Jessie, and her husand, Lloyd, gave us some good-bye gifts - reminders of home to take with us. The following poem was attached.

T rue, Vicki and Chuck just bought a convertible and an RV
R eturning home after a year on the road is the plan - we'll see!
A dventures lie ahead with hope for UFO sightings and an alien or two!
V isiting old friends and historical sights along the way will also do.
E ventually returning to the place we call home - Wisconsin.
L eave, knowing we will miss you, but wish you safe travels, and fun!

We have the note displayed in our kitchen, held in place by a magnetic sign which reads "Where's the Bubbler?" I'm not homesick yet, but do feel a bit out of touch. All e-mail welcome!

We arrived at Dam Neck, Virginia two nights ago (near Virginia Beach.) This base is right next to Oceana Naval Air Station which is the training site for all of the east coast. We often hear about F-16s chasing UFOs. The F-16s are up in the air here all of the time so I've had a chance to hear and see them. We also saw the E-3 Hawkeye with its prominent radar perched on top. The RV park has cement pads (yea!) and the ocean is at the other side of the sand dunes at our back. A sweetgum tree graces our space.....you know, the trees whose round fruit is surrounded by spikes...never met one in person before. We had driving rain and high winds the first night - which gently buffeted our little home. It also brought a steady stream of water in from the back side of our slide. We had the front of the slide fixed twice for this before we left. Figures. We mopped for awhile until Chuck stuffed a SHAM-WOW in the corner - outside and inside - which turned the tide. Get your SHAM-WOW today!

In the mornings, we hear cadence and the response of the troops in training; it warms my heart to frequently hear a woman's voice calling cadence. The Navy uniforms have changed a lot. We see the blue/dark grey camis. Neither Chuck nor Butch, the vet who helps manage the RV park, like the new uniforms at all. Per Butch "now how are you going to see a guy who's gone overboard in that outfit?"

Yesterday afternoon we went to a car dealer to locate the same year and model car that we examined in the New York case. The car dealers are always cooperative once they know that you won't harm their cars in any way and yes - there was very, very little in the way of a magnetic or electrostatic reading on the test car. This confirmed our feeling that our witness was definitely telling the truth. All of the pictures that we took of the area prior to checking the witness' car turned out. After that, we went back to the witness' home and took pictures of the Tri-Field readings on his car. Chuck took approximately 100 pictures - as his Nikon takes 9 frames per second. Only 12 of these pictures turned out - and of those, none of the pictures taken of the electrostatic force readings turned out. Both the camera's regular battery and the backup battery had become discharged. We had to use our little digital camera at the car dealers. We'll check out the Nikon today to see if it's been damaged. So now, Mareta, you know the rest of the story.