Well, not a whole day but it took part of the morning. Part of working with Local Nationals is that they usually aren't allowed to bring electroncis on base. So, a GPS is out of the question. In order to get the rest of our compound laid out I had to track down the Air Force team in charge of the Master Plan and convince them to come out and survey before their flight left.
The hard part about coordinating activities here is that there is a turnover and travel plans and priorities aren't always known. Also a lot of people don't have email or phone so the best thing to do is track them down and barter for services. My best bartering tool is probably the fact that I have a truck. I can give people a ride if need be.
Other than that, nothing too exciting today (which isn't a bad thing considering the alternative). I learned that it takes 2 people about 30 minutes to mount a 50 cal. on the M-ATV, learned a little more about surveying, that VA politicians will leave messages on my phone in the middle of the night and the Turks consider Dates candy. I would have preferred some chocolate!!
HOME FRONT NEWS: Katy took the kids to Wal-mart. She got everyone inside (which can be pretty hectic) and asked Christian "Where are your shoes??". He said, "Well..... I must confess..... I left them in the car". At least he was honest about it.
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