Thursday, February 22, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
MY 86th BIRTHDAY BRUNCH, ,GIVEN DESERT, CANDLE AND A SONG
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS ON THIS TREE, WHEN IN FULL BLOOM, THE WHOLE TREE IS ORANGE
AT 8AM EVERY MORNING, A BUGLE SOUNDS AND THEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE 45 SQUARE MILES OF GUANTANAMO BAY. EVERYONE STOPS WHAT THEY ARE DOING, STANDING AT ATTENTION,, THE MILITARY SALUTE DURING THE ANTHEM. IF YOU ARE DRIVING, YOU STOP ON SIDE OF THE ROAD. I NOTICED MANY PEOPLE AND MILITARY AT THE AIRPORT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE SPOT, I WAS VERY MOVED. AT SUNDOWN, REVILLE IS PLAYED.
IN THIS PHOTO, WE WENT TO THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN TO HEAR THE ANTHEM…BRIAN WAS CHECKING OUT THE SCENERY RIGHT BEFORE THE ANTHEM.
TRAVEL SKETCHBOOK…
A BANYAN TREE…HUGE AND BEAUTIFUL
TODD, EVELYN, BRIAN, LITTLE TODD AND I
ANOTHERBLOOMING TREE
IGUANA
RECENT TRIP TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
IGUANAS ARE PROTECTED HERE, THERE ARE ROAD SIGNS..”IGUANA CROSSING”
THEY ARE ABOUT 15 lbs., and 3 FEET LONG
WE ATE AT A MONGOLIAN BUFFET…FIRST WAS A SALAD/VEGETABLE BAR, NEXT WAS A MEAT BAR, U PUT YOUR FOOD ON TWO PLATES, BRING IT TO THE CASHIER, WHO WEIGHS YOUR FOOD AND YOU PAY ACCORDINGLY, THEN TO SEASONING/OILS TABLE, NEXT GO IN LINE TO THE COOKS…DELICIOUS!
LITTLE TOD, SON OF EVELYN (Margie and Brian’s daughter) AND TODD
TOURING…MARGIE AND BRIAN.
BEAUTIFUL SHORELINE WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE. THERE ARE HIGH GRASSY, BUSH HILLS.
ONE MUST HAVE A SPONSOR TO GO TO CUBA..MOST PEOPLE THERE ARE IN MILITARY, GOVERNMENT OR CONTRACTORS. WE FLEW FROM THE MILITARY BASE IN JACKSONVILLE.
Monday, February 19, 2024
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