Pagat Caves (without the caves)

Behold, I have conquered!

It was a sweaty hike.  Steep and rocky, just they way I like it.  Good thing we went at 0600.

The chasm beneath.

Waiting for people to catch up with me.  It took longer than expected, and I wanted to get to work by 1000.

He jumped in the water, which is fine to do when there is no current.  If there is a current, watch out, major danger zone.

The amount of foliage on this hike surprised me.  It was very dense.

The team.

Stay awesome, tree.

The steep, rocky path.

More steep, rocky path.  I should add the rocks were very sharp.  You didn't want to slip on them.

Rope help.  This is another person I frequently hang with.  He's the house husband of the female in a lot of my other pictures.

The reason the rock was so sharp is that it was coral.  They used to be the home of fishes.  Then they rose above the sea and fishes couldn't live there anymore.  But you can see the imprint of coral here.

This was Paget Cave.  You could go inside and see it, but I wanted to get back so I skipped it.  Guess I'll have to do this one again sometime.

The crew on the other side of the rock.

The view at the edge of the hike.

Sitting on the rock to take this pic was actually really uncomfortable due to the sharp coral.

Again, you can tell it's coral and the view was straight down.  It was definitely a cliff.

This is a quick shot inside the cave.  It was dark and their were bugs.

This little crab went into his shell when I was walking by.  You can see his purple legs sticking out.

For command PT on Friday, one of the guys organized a group hike to Paget Cave.  It was a great hike.  Only problem was it was kind of far.  So by the time we drove there, did the hike, and drove back, it was pretty late.  I left earlier because I wanted to get to work, but some of them stayed behind and actually explored the cave, which is filled with water.  You take a light with you and put it in the water and it illuminates the cave.  The humidity was really high that day so it was constant sweat.  I'm a little bummed my gopro didn't take better pics.  A lot of them turned out blurry, but the hike was gorgeous.  Formal coral that was surrounded by thick vegetation.  Awesome.

Liberation Day Parade

The float getting ready to go.  The blue skirt imitating water didn't make it past the set up stage.  It kept falling off.

Waiting to get started after about 3 hours.  I'm on the end.  The guy giving the thumbs up is a friend of mine, he's a cool guy.  Big Jane Austen fan.

This is the infamous submarine float.  It sprays water.

We had people handing out candy to the kids as we went by.

I don't think it was us that dumped the candy, but it could have been.

Throwing candy to children.

The guy in the back of the truck keeping the generator going for the float.  It was a thankless, dirty job, which he performed well.  I'm just glad they stuck all the water bottles back there.

This was the judge's box.  Our commodore was in there as a judge.  I think that's him standing in white.

The guys driving the float around.

Another float in the parade.

Kids waiting to get started.  It was hot and they were cranky.

The CHICAGO is one of the submarines in our group.  They sent some people to march with us.

The Liberation Day parade is the day Guam celebrates its liberation from Japan in WWII.  I was holding the banner on the end.  It was really, really hot that day.  The parade itself wasn't too long, but they made us line up about 3 hours ahead of time.  I stood in the shade by the back of the submarine float until we started going.  All in all, it was fun.  Funny story, so after the parade, the command provided hot dogs and hamburgers for everyone.  I dropped in and got a couple hot dogs.  Our deputy commodore asked how it was I said fine but I had to stand in the shade by the tail of the submarine until things got started.  He paused, turned to the guy beside him and said, "did she just say the tail of the submarine?"  The other guy said, "you mean the stern? .... stupid JAGs"  It was pretty funny.  So now I know that the back of the submarine is called the stern.  Who knew?

Golfing II

Another photo of golf buddies.

This was the suggested skill level of the tees we started from.  Yes, I am as awesome as a 7 year old girl!

One day we decided to practice at the base driving range.  The driving range is almost never used.  I took a few golf balls with me, then went out and collected them.  I ended up with about 70.  Woohoo, free golf balls!  Ready for my next bout.  

I'm getting better.

My first golf experience.  The lake is where I met the duck who is clearly fed by humans too much.  This pic did not capture how beautiful this course was.  Which is why I go.  That and driving the cart.

The duck that wanted food.  It was not shy.  And yes, I had french fries.  But I did not give him any.

Co-workers who were much better at golfing.  He didn't want to be on my team for the tournament because he wants to win.

Another co-worker.

The chickens all got in a line and watched us golf until they got bored.

My first awesome golf outfit.

This was the first time I went golfing.  Along with the second and then that one time I went and tried to make myself better.  The biggest problem I have with golfing right now is I haven't figured out the snacks.  Gold itself isn't that interesting, so there must be some other redeeming quality to it besides hitting the ball.  I figure that would be the snacks.  The first time I went I didn't know this and didn't bring any snacks.  The second time I brought fruit snacks (#winning), trail mix, and cliff bars.  The cliff bars are a bust.  So I need to think of something better.  I'm open to suggestion.

Golfing

Trying to figure out why the green is so far away.

Contemplating my existence as a golfer

The giant chasm is what you are supposed to hit your golf balls over.  If you can make them go airborne, that is.

My golfing people.

More beautiful course.

Hit it over the marsh!

The elusive green

The fairway

Golfing pros

This is my second time golfing.  I went with two doctors and this gal, my partner in crime.  We love golfing.  Actually maybe not, but we love doing things.  This particular day didn't go so well.  Even though there was no one behind us waiting, they kicked us off the golf course for being too slow.  I guess that's how it goes when it takes a billion shots to get the ball where it needs to go.  We are partnered in a golf tournament this coming Friday to support the new Chief selects.  I plan on just drawing a unicorn on my scorecard.