{"id":2877,"date":"2018-01-12T16:41:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T21:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2018-01-12T16:41:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T21:41:58","slug":"tanker-trip-guam-vi-day-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/tanker-trip-guam-vi-day-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanker Trip to Guam VI | A Day of Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you do as a visitor to a tropical island (and you are not on a three hour tour).\u00a0 The Air Force has its share of difficult duties.\u00a0 I remember once operating on a KC-135 at Eielson AFB in Fairbanks Alaska one evening and it was -30F outside.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t get the crew cabin window shut!\u00a0 That was miserable.\u00a0 But for all of the tough times there are some \u201cgood deals\u201d along the way.\u00a0 That is my topic for today.\u00a0 What we did for recreation 30 years ago this Fall on the island of Guam.<\/p>\n

As I sit and write this blog a winter storm is heading my way and I need to get out of the office quickly.\u00a0 How ironic that I would be writing about a tropical island on a day like today.<\/p>\n

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As I mentioned in an earlier blog, we were invited for the baptismal celebration of a Guam resident.\u00a0 It was a tremendous feast\/celebration and the older residents treated us like royalty.\u00a0 On the way back from that area, on the Marine Highway, I saw something that only happens in stories.\u00a0 Do you remember the answer to the question, \u201cwhat is at the end of the rainbow\u201d?\u00a0 That answer of course is a pot of gold.\u00a0 Unless, you are in Guam.\u00a0 It is difficult to see, but I snapped this picture of a rainbow touching down ON the Marine Highway.\u00a0 Unless I am mistaken the asphalt is not made out of gold.<\/p>\n

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Kevin was driving when I snapped the photo.\u00a0 We were in what is known as a \u201cGuam Bomb\u201d.\u00a0 Personnel stationed at Andersen AFB would purchase an old car, what we would call a \u201cbeater\u201d nowadays.\u00a0 In Guam, we called such a car a \u201cGuam Bomb\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 They would rent them to the aircrews for maybe $15 a day.\u00a0 On one excursion, we ran into a local rancher with his cow.<\/p>\n

One day we took our vehicle to Talofofo Falls.\u00a0 It is located in the south central part of Guam.\u00a0 http:\/\/theguamguide.com\/talofofo-falls\/<\/a>\u00a0 It was simply beautiful.\u00a0 I snapped several photos of the crew \u201con location\u201d.\u00a0 My favorite part was a rope swing.\u00a0 We would climb up into a tree, swing out and drop into the body of water below.\u00a0 It was like something out of the movies.<\/p>\n

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On the way back, we drove by a rock over an inland body of water just off of the beach.\u00a0 It told the crew that we had to check it out.\u00a0 It was a somewhat salty body of water.\u00a0 I don\u2019t recall if it had a name.\u00a0 I was tempted to jump in, but did not want to get all salty after having showered off at Talofofo Falls.\u00a0 Then, I thought, when will I ever get the chance to do this again?\u00a0 I went for it.\u00a0 It is hard to see, but I am airborne in the photo below.<\/p>\n

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Please know that there are many, many hardships in the military and not every day was like this day in Guam.\u00a0 But there are some days when you are thankful that you are in the military.\u00a0 You even say, \u201cCan you believe that they are paying me to do this\u201d?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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