This trip was a different one for me in that we traveled military all the way. We all met at the base in a designated area at 12:00. We then boarded a charter bus, our temperatures were all taken (99.1, thank you) and turned in paperwork. Then were driven to the military area of the airport (across from the civilian side). Then we waited. And waited. 2:55 we were finally on the plane. We boarded via a single file stair case at the back of the plane. And here is the weird part:
Yes there is a wall.... I joked that this was really a prison transport.
Everybody masked and ready to go!!
Why the wall??
This is a stock photo because I really didn’t think it appropriate to take pictures of OUR plane while it was being unloaded on a military base without clearance.
Before we deplaned our commander (Major General Neary) deplaned and had all the pomp and circumstance done.
Photo ops with cell phones for photos! Interesting world we live in.
View from the end of the balcony at different times of the evening
My room. View from the “front door”. Nice little living room. Sofa that is squeaky and not too comfortable but better than a bed for watching TV (on the wall to the left over the desk)
Walking into the kitchenette area. Two burner conduction cook top microwave grill. What more could you want?
Potty to the left and further around the corner is the bedroom.
Turning around the corner and the bedroom. That is another door to the breezeway. And window to there as well. Yeah. Uncomfortable to me but I’ve dealt with it. I have had the neighbors trying to come into the bedroom a few times. Weirdness.
Bath. Nothing to write home about.
View out my window. To the right and down one more room is the end.
This is a “map” of the base.
Yes. That is the extent of it. Just those buildings. Perspective is this: standing just below the green building in the right side of the map:
This is looking to the right of the map. I was standing as if I was facing the bottom/south of the map so looking left physically... oh heck work it out. This is the end of the base to the right of the map. That’s the gate. Right there.
Looking right across the street that is the fence for the edge of base. 
Looking the other way you can just make out the edge of the base going the other way. May be hard to see through the construction but honestly you get the jist. Super tiny!!
We got here on Monday. It’s Friday now. I have avoided eating too much in the food court. I bought some peanut butter and crackers and snacks and such. It’s been snack heaven. I ate Taco Bell one night. I didn’t think that there could be a way to screw up Taco Bell. Well they did. They were just “OK”. Disappointing. Next I tried the Italian place in the food court. Gnocchis. Figure we’re in Italy, right?? Nope awful!!! Plain sauce no Parmesan cheese. Really? Yuck!! Then I had Subway sandwich one night. Not impressed. Sigh. Then today I finally tracked down the Italian Mensa. OMG. Why did I not do that the first day???
This looks like I’m a super PIG but let me tell you, I ordered one of each of the pastas in preparation for the weekend. There are limited food choices on this side on the weekend. We would have to take a shuttle bus to the other base 1/2 hour away.
So for $10 (12/13 dollar equivalent)
Spaghetti with oil and pepper (mmm) and not sure why the curly noodles are but they are tasty! With Parmesan cheese as well!! Yay!
The veggies were surprisingly cold with some picked things in there as well and super tasty!! I ate about 1/3 of each for lunch so I’ll have enough to have some for the weekend. With this and a trip to the other side on Saturday I should be good to go until next week when the Mensa is open again. :)
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