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8 cities, 5 days. I left DC early on the 1st and joined hundreds of other military at Atlanta. We took off on a jumbo jet that evening and made a stop in Ireland for refueling before landing at Kuwait International the following evening. 1 and a half hour bus ride to the US base where we slept overnight. Those for Afghanistan then saddled up late in the afternoon; we were told we would get to Bagram (central A-stan) via Kandahar (southern Astan, Manas Kyrgyzstan (several hundred miles north of Astan), then back to Bagram in central Astan. Instead, they deplaned us in Kandahar where we stayed overnight, then flew to Bagram. Landed at Bagram late at night in pouring rain, and settled down to sleep. Now to get to Herat... Not too many flight to Herat so we finagled a ride to Kabul which has daily flights to Herat. Stayed overnight yet again, and finally got to Herat Saturday. I'm not sure what time zone my bod thinks it's in. So, DC to Atlanta to Shannon Ireland, to Kuwait to Kandahar to Bagram to Kabul to Herat. Not fun.
Pictures shown: Iraq from 35000 feet, best way to see it. We passed over it on our flight from Ireland to Kuwait. The other shows a Tim Horton doughnut shop, part of the chain and national icon in Canada. Lots of Canadians at Kandahar so they had to have a Tim Hortons. About 30 people were waiting in line each time I went by. And yes, they have a hockey rink there too.
3 comments:
Years ago, the tour bus driver @ Niagara Falls described Tim Horton as the patron saint of Canada.
My DD measures the number of days left before her DH returns from his 3rd tour to Iraq, by the number of trash days left.How do you and yours measure time?
I do multiple measures of time here: one is the very start of the process with training (now at +311 days from my arrival at Norfolk, VA); also, how long "boots on ground" in the combat zone, now at +224 since arriving in Kyrgyzstan; and the countdown to the latest day we would be here: -142 days. It will likely be less.
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