Day 3-6

Part of the Lake

The Fields of bottled water, about a 1/3 of the field (CLICK ON THE PICTURE AND ZOOM IN)*******

Lets start with water

When you get here all you want to do is drink water to quench your thirst…. Good luck. I drank 4 bottles in an hour and all I accomplished was to find every bathroom (Water closet, head, Shitter) on base. On top of that the bathroom is about 100 ft. away from where you sleep and after drinking all that water you will be waking up 3-4 time a night to pee, at least until your body gets used to this. Guys I know what you are thinking, piss in a empty bottle and dump it out in the morning… duh. Well if they catch you with a piss bottle in your room you get moved to tent city, yes a city full of tents, and you don’t want that.

Will we run out of water? Nope! There is a lake here that you can go fishing in. They bottle their own water here and have fields of it (Pictures).

Working out

They have a really nice gym here that has plenty of space for the amount of people that come. It’s almost all army people with a few contractors who take way too many steroids. And yes I wear a marine under armor shirt when I go to the gym (thanks Casey).

Rooms

Our rooms are like a GMU two person room; 12ft by 12ft. You start out with two beds, two metal cabinets, and two nightstands. Thanks to one of our guys being a hoarder we got a free fridge, T.V. (OH YEAH 13” with DVD Player) and a lamp. The room has an independent heater/A/C unit so the temp in the room is never a problem.

The PX (Army version on a Wal-Mart) and other stores

I started calling the store the small and XXL store because they would sell out of any normal sizes those were the only two sizes of things they had. They have all the basic stuff you would need. They do sell a Weber BBQ grills and meat (I SMELL An IRAQ COOKBOOK COMING SOON).

There are also locally owned shops. They have the same cheap stuff you see when you cross the boarder into Mexico. All of the electronics look real but you never know, and they are not that much cheaper. Oh and everything here is haggle for your best price, it can be fun. I will work on some pictures of that stuff.

I will write an article soon about my daily work, but I am waiting to find out what I can say and can’t. Security is no joke here.

Talk to you all soon.

God Bless and remember to be American

Peyton

P.S. and no joey we did not sing “Bombs over Baghdad” on the way in