Thursday we woke up, ate some breakfast and then headed over to the base. We were met by Hussain who showed us around a little bit, took us to the MWR (morale, welfare, and recreation) office where we met Mr. Joe Hernandez, the “head honcho”, and then grabbed a bite to eat for lunch. Mr. Hernandez presented us each with some very cool “medallions” for coming and performing at the base. The setup at this base was great. They have a huge courtyard with very large stage in one corner.
When we arrived to the stage, they had pretty much everything set up for us so we just had to plug in and tweak everything a little bit. We sound-checked and then walked around and handed out free CDs to as many people as we could. Some of us headed back to the hotel before the show to put on a long sleeve shirt. The weather is beautiful here. It’s probably around 70-75 degrees during the day and 65 or so at night.
The show started at 7pm and went great! It was incredibly windy out but other than that there were no real obstacles. After the show we signed some autographs, talked with lots of great people and then ended up hanging out on the base with a group of Marines for a few hours. These guys were great and we had a blast hanging out with them. We learned a lot and saw our first ever Marine “slap fight”.
We left the base around 11pm and went back to the hotel. We then decided to walk around “American Alley” which is a street full of restaurants and coffee shops right by the hotel. While walking around we ran into a few members of the Navy, They invited us over to their house where we tried on some armor and had a great time in general just hanging out.
Meeting and talking to all these guys is one of the most rewarding parts of the trip. It really is a different world that they live in and it is very interesting for us to be able to ask questions and learn about it.
3 comments:
great pictures..and blog..ty
WAIT...Mike is all good, he has the jacket on..but...WHERE IS JOHN??..Johnnnnnnnnnnnnn,,also, news from the midwest..huge snowstorm due in here Wednesday and Thursday 'they' say...yup, thats it..all the news from Iowa!
useful blog........
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