Camp

Happy New Year. So far over here it seems like the old year. It did rain yesterday for the first time. It came down pretty hard. Then a cold snap showed up and it is very cold. I wore my thermal bottoms for the first time.
Let me tell you a few things about the camp. Everywhere there are pallets of water bottles. Whenever you need you just grab a box off the pallet and take it to your room, or office or barracks. As the tower of boxes shrinks (they start about 6 feet tall) another pallet will show up next to it to start using. It’s not too hot here now so we aren’t going through them very fast. At various points around the came there will be groups of porto-potties. Everyday a truck comes through to empty and clean them, so they are probably the cleanest porta-potties I’ve ever used. Outside each one is also a couple of hand sanitizer dispensers. The main areas of the camp are the MWR (moral, welfare and recreation) building, the DFAC (dining facility) and the fitness center. In front of the fitness center is the basketball court which is being used pretty much all day by someone. There are a few sidewalks, but mostly it’s gravel. So all day you hear “crunch, crunch, crunch”. Of course the gravel is better than dirt or sand.
I got the care package from the Hudson’s the other day. The inside box was fudge brownie mix box so my sailors were excited about that, then when we saw the M&Ms inside that was equally exciting. It also had some cashews too. Thanks.