Chris on Leave
28 February thru 14 March 2004

Mom's Hug

O'Hare Airport 28 Feb @ 2300 hours

Chris and Gabby

Marshall Towne Millwork is sponsoring Chris platoon whild deployed to Afghansistan

Chris, Bill, Steve, & Jeff

Chris thanked everybody for their sponsorship

Mom wanted pics

Ditto

Ditto again

'79 Mustang front end

Chris & Dad worked on his '79 Mustang while he was on leave

Rear end

We painted brake calipers and brake drums with Eastwood's special paint.

Chris sandblasting

Still sandblasting

We cleaned the undercarriage and then painted it with Eastwood's special rust encapsulating paint.

Chris rebuilding the rear brakes

Still at it

Cleaned and painted rear end.

Chris & his Christmas Present

A Kimber Combat Tactical II .45 pistol

Chris pheasant hunting

We picked the coldest day in March, 12 degrees and 35 mph winds.

Chris is very cold

2 hours outside and he was frozen

Chris got two

Dad got 3 and Gary Mason (WalzCraft Sale Rep) got 1.

Chris at Gary Mason's office

Thanks Gary for sponsoring the trip. Chris and I had a ball looking around at your place.

Chis touches the Musk Ox

Gary owns the old Fromm Brothers' Silver Fox and Ginseng Farm. He gave us a guided tour and Chris loved it.

Chris & Gary

Gary's office came with a bar and an old style four lane bowling alley. The Fromm place is unbelievable.

Chris & Marc

Mom & Her Baby

Marc, Mom, & Chris

Time to say goodbye

One mOre

Goodbye and GodSpeed

Chris is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in a week