The Rain Dance Worked

Hi everyone. Hope you all are well. We finally made it to Lash. It’s been a tough few days getting our tent in order settling in our new home. The Brits have been a very welcoming bunch thus far. We’ve tried not to John Wayne ourselves in the place being that this is a British FOB. So, in normal fashion we’ve traded and charmed our way as far as we can. You know, “Here’s this, thanks for all your help and having us around….”
Building relationships is what many call it. We like to refer to it as “kissing ass” in order to call in favors later.
It poured down rain last night for a couple of hours. After chow I walked back to the tent, took a shower, and promptly stood in the rain for about 15 minutes or so. Don’t ask me why I did it in that order. Maybe it’s the overexposure to the sun. Who knows? Anyway, it felt so good and smelled even better. It’s interesting the things you miss when they’re not around. This is the third time I’ve seen rain in 2 months. The other two times were merely showers. This was a booming storm over the dessert. Ahhhh!
Anyway, here are a few shots from the trip to Lash from KAF. We took a detour around a patch of highway and ended up out in the desert. The desert pics are only about 300 meters to the north of the pics of the mountains and foliage in front of my Humvee.
Later