So this is the new year

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Location: Greenland

Temperature: 30 degrees

We had Thursday off, and most of the base was taking it easy. I got up in time to watch my Bulldogs beat Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl. Luckily they get ESPN in Greenland. 

Without much going on that day, here are some pictures of where we were:

Outside of the hotel. The entire base was pretty much covered in the yellow glow of street lamps all the time.

The other dorms around us, as they're called.

Inside: 

The rooms. No flat screen, unfortunately.

Community bathroom! Like freshman year in Creswell all over again. But much cleaner.

One of the Mercedes taxies that took us around the base.

We finished the night sitting around playing acoustic guitar. We found out one of the airmen, Banks, played tenor sax. He brought it over for an awesome impromptu jam session. We got it together to have him play on our version of "Last Dance with Mary Jane" the next night at the TOW Club. Unfortunately, I forgot to make pictures of either of these events.