Day 89 - So much for free flowing water

Well, it was nice while it lasted. We had real showers for all of two weeks at best. Sad thing is that everyone obviously liked having normal showers, we kept running out of water. So back to the pressure washers.

Facebook has brought another friend from the past. Carrie Meyer. I have to say, it is great to catchup to friends. What they have been up to, what I have been up to.

Weather has been weird, it's cold here again. The days are nice. The nights I actually have to run the heater. Last week the weather couldn't make up its mind. Either rain or sandstorm. Real fun. Again, when these two mix, it rains mud.

So I had a little excitement here in Camp KV. I help one of the guys run an internet service here on base. Basically I help setup new users and troubleshoot problems when they come up. While running some new lines we found a few surprises. Between most of the buildings here are walls of dirt. The walls are contained in what's called a Hessco. It is nothing more than a wire grid box that is lined with felt and filled with dirt. The average size is about 4 feet across and 7 feet tall. They are a convenient spot to deposit trash, things you want to hide, or extra munitions you don't need. To channel cable between buildings we run the wire on top of these walls. So while Weave is running the cable on one set of Hesscos, he finds a small deposit of bullets. He stops to take a look and then stops. His eyes get real big and he starts backing away slowly. I ask what's up and he says real softly, "Grenade!' At this point we have to call EOD and they come out and gather up all the munitions. The Grenade ends up being a M203 shell used in a grenade launcher. Needless to say it was very exciting. The EOD guys helped us run the rest of the cable and found a few more items that should not be laying around. How any of this got where it was at is anyone's guess.

We have a country band coming to visit and play for us tomorrow. Should be fun. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Chris