Day 330 -A beautiful day as I crossed into New Mexico from Texas. A lot to choose from with the 15 hour drive today, but I think it turned out just fine. -August 1
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Day 314
Day 314 -Like and share if you know the pothole guy. The pothole guy stands watch outside the gate and with his trusty bucket and some dirt he’s saving the roads of Djibouti one pothole at a time. And unlike most paid road construction workers, he always does it with a smile. -JULY 16
Day 265
Day 265 -While walking to my room today we were discussing how we were when we first got to Africa. Everything was new and strange. I looked down, saw our shadows, and said, “Now it’s just life.” I don’t know what it means but it seemed pretty deep. -MAY 28
Day 248
Day 248 -This was a big day for me as I embarked on aerial photography. One of those little specs down there is me and I was still able to take this photo. It was quite exciting. More to come in the later months. -MAY 11
Day 203
Day 203 -Most of the water from the flood has gone away and the mud is drying up and made for an interesting shop as the sun was coming up. So much so, that I saw it on my way back from the shower and had to come back with my camera. I’m usually not […]
Day 201
We were asked to take flood photos down until further notice. You can at least read the caption for now though. Day 201 -It rained today. I know I said it rained two days ago, but today it RAINED. A good old fashioned downpour. Turns out really hard dirt ground does not react well to […]
Day 199
Day 199 -I walked outside mid morning to find, what we call in Africa, a significant amount of precipitation. On my way to the shower earlier I felt a mist for about 15 seconds. I would describe my emotion similar to that of a heavy snowfall on a Christmas day. I just looked to the […]
Day 193
Day 194 -So this was proof to some of us today of some precipitation. People were talking about how the felt rain drops, much like people talk about feeling a slight earthquake. “Can you believe it?” some would ask. “I really felt them,” others would say. So when you things covered in a constant blanket […]
Day 184
Day 184 -Another great day in Africa. I went on a reflective walk as part of observance of Lent with the chaplains and local Christians in the real deal African desert. It was great time to reflect and wonder the desert like the mighty JC did. I was walking out there when Jason Gray reminded […]
Day 150
Day 150 -See day 148 before reading. That’s right boys and girls. Staff Sgt. Young knows how to get things done. Special thanks to Tech. Sgt. White for bringing the part that we needed instead waiting another two months. This is Nikon1 requesting permission to take the road, over. Dedicated to the Dover crew. -FEBRUARY […]