Monday, August 15, 2011

Childhood Heroes



Well I had to come back to Afghanistan just to meet some of the Apollo Astronauts. Neil Armstrong (blue shirt), Jim Lovell (white shirt), and Gene Cernan visited here as part of the USO's "Legends of Aerospace" tour. Unfortunatelly I was not able to get a pic with Gene Cernan as some officers jumped in front of everyone in line to get their picture with him before the presentation part began. The astronauts spoke and answered questions for about 45 minutes. They weren't signing autographs but they did hand out pre-printed press release type photos of themselves with info about their flights and digital signatures. Gene Cernan seemed to be the most personable. I think Neil Armstrong is getting a little too old for this type thing.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Sun Bathing


I have begun tanning for 30 minutes after lunch each day. Thing is in this sun that is almost too much. Mainly on my legs but upper arms too, which were a little pink today. I just don't want to get totally burnt when we go to Nashville Shores.