Big news from here -- rotisserie chicken will be appearing soon at the deli! Unfortunately, the deli (just a small area of counter space in the meat department) will have to close for a week (at least) to accommodate this change. Still, it is a bright spot in our long, hot summer here. (I know, Wendell -- we've been here too long!!!)
I'm still meeting once a week at the library to join whoever shows up for "Stitch & Chat" -- the last couple of months, it's just been two of us, so last week I was thrilled when two more of my friends were able to attend.
Vince is standing in front of the northeast gate -- the spot where Cubans used to move freely between the base and their homes in nearby villages to come to work.
Vince participated over the weekend in the "You Can't Handle the Fence Line" five mile walk. You could also, bike, run, or drive a jeep (if you had one). I was also slated to go but the day before when I was adding some time to my regular walk for "training purposes," I somehow pulled some muscles in my left leg and for a couple of days I could barely walk. I was disappointed that I couldn't go since the hike followed the north fence line which is an area where we normally can't go. Unfortunately, it's also an area where there are limited photo opportunities so Vince wasn't able to document too much of the walk.
Switching subjects....we've really enjoyed our bird-watching here, especially since our windows have a reflective coating which allows us some close viewing. Here are some white winged doves (didn't Stevie Nicks sing about them?) at our bird feeder. They have a beautiful blue ring around their eyes and are quite the pigs when it comes to the bird feeder. Sometimes we have six of them precariously balanced on it, shoving out the smaller birds.
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Wow, Rotisserie Chicken! GTMO really is coming up in the world.
I don't know if I have asked you this, but are there still military families there too or is it all civilian now?
Oh, yes...there are many military folks, both with families and "geo-bachelors," as they now say. Since JTF (Joint Task Force, for those people like me who wouldn't know) is in charge of the detainee mission here, there are LOTS of Navy, Army, Marine, Coast Guard and reserve troops here. It's really hard for me to come up with a number but the total population here is probably close to 8-9,000, and I bet close to half of that is military. (or maybe it only seems that way since the MA's -- military police-- are so ever-present.)
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