GTMO gazings

Sea glass from Girl Scout Beach

Just a few photos and commentary from our first week back from the States......

I had mentioned several months ago that we rarely saw iguanas in our neighborhood -- wouldn't you know, right after that post, iguanas started ambling around the outskirts of our area. And then, just a few days ago, this big guy was right at our back fence. Vince was trying to encourage him to walk away and Iggy wouldn't budge. In the meantime, Fergus was having fits because this was the largest lizard he had seen to date. Finally, Iggy scurried away. We're not sure what had attracted him -- might have been the mangoes that had fallen to the ground.

Every few months or so, we call the Trouble Desk (I just love that name!) to make an appointment to have our air conditioners cleaned. There is confusion on our part regarding the timing of this event, since we have been told to call: every month...no, every other month....no, wait....every three months....and we are still not sure of the protocol. We do know that sometimes the Filipinos will come and just "brush" them out, and then other times, they will actually remove the air conditioners, board up the windows with cardboard, and take them back to the shop to be steam-cleaned. We are then without air conditioners for the day. This particular time we asked to have them steam-cleaned since we had not had that procedure done yet, and we were hoping this might help the air conditioners run more smoothly.




We are fortunate to have a nice dog park less than two miles from our villa, so we have been taking Fergus there when it is "cooler" outside. When we were in Nebraska last week, we bought a couple of new frisbees and decided to try them out. Apparently, the new ones have a little more lift than we are used to, since they both ended up in one of the trees. Luckily, Vince was able to get them both down.

On the way to Marine Hill, just a couple of miles farther down the road, we saw a barge that had anchored into the small inlet there. It was loaded with tons of sand, and over the next couple of days, all of the sand was placed in enormous sand bags. Not sure what these are to be used for -- guess we might eventually find out. It was just interesting to watch.

Thought I would post a photo of our front yard -- in his spare time, Vince has worked diligently at transforming the dirt and coral to a lush, green space. Here are the results so far.

This morning, Easter Sunday, we rose early and went to Windmill Beach for a sunrise service. It was breathtakingly beautiful - soft, gray-blue sky, waves rolling in on the shore, and people gathered singing hymns of celebration. I didn't take any photos since that area is fairly restricted, being right next to one of the detention camps. I was just hoping that the singing was inspiring to the enemy combatants who might have heard it.