Monday, April 27, 2009

USO - Toby Keith Concert

Last night there was a Toby Keith concert on base, put on by the USO. He arrived on the base yesterday and spent the night in one of the B-huts. At least his crew spent the night in the B-huts, I saw them packing up the gear this morning on my way to the office.

They also ate dinner in the DFAC last night. We saw a couple of the band members and many of the sound crew, but no Toby Keith. He probably had some better chow somewhere else. The DFAC went out of their way last night and prepared one of the worst meals we have had in three months. Don't want our guests to think we have good meals served all the time.

I wasn't going to go to the concert for several reasons. Number 1, I had heard the name and knew he was a country singer, but I can't name a single song he sings. Number 2, anyone that knows me, knows I'm not a country music fan. And, number 3, it was in a large tent, capacity of about 500 shoulder to shoulder and I thought it would be overcrowded.

I didn't go right away, but then decided at about 9 pm to go check it out (after Amy suggested I go and get some pictures). It wasn't too crowded in the tent and not too bad for country. As one of our team members said, he left after about 5 songs when it started to sound like they were repeating them. I heard the last 5 songs of the night, and I took some pictures. My pictures all turned out blurry, these are someone else's pictures. I did get some pretty good video, though.



The weather is warming up and with it the creepy crawlers are coming out. We found this guy wondering around the base today. It was about 2 feet long and keeps growing everytime the story is told. Someone else said they saw one of these lizards a couple days ago that was at least 3 feet long. The only one I've seen was about 3 inches. Again, these are someone else's pictures.






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