The Road to the Magical Forest
The Magical Forest is located deep in the green country. It has a tradition I am familiar with and at the same time alien to. Army stuff eh? I had been to the Magical Forest as a Marine several times … yea we do work together yanno.
As you all know we don’t talk about what the guys in the Magical Forest do specifically. However we can take a peek at their origins via a museum of golden oldies.
It is here where the history and memories are stored and protected. This museum is very up to date. We will show a little of the old days but none of the current things.
In the foreground a WWII Paratrooper. Behind him a HALO jumper. HALO stands for High Altitude Low Open jumper. They exit the aircraft at such an altitude that they require oxygen. Then they freefall for a looooooong time and open the chute at low altitude. The idea is to get into an area and avoid detection.
In order to save some space and get a post up we will cut short the history stuff for now except for this photo I call Popeye. I never knew that Popeye was in the Airborne during WWII … but here he is as a museum piece.
Okay I don’t know what happened to his pipe or his spinach either. And I know for sure this is NOT Olive Oil. And I know for sure she is NOT liking being hit on.
So in closing for now … as we will be active as heck for the next few days … here is Ram as we enjoyed breakfast near the Magical Forest on our first Saturday there.
Breakfast was great. Life is good. More to follow.
June 29th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Ram’s looking good!
June 30th, 2007 at 10:37 am
I found your comments in the lint filter Karen, I was able to dig this one out. Two others went to electron heaven.
We had a great trip. Hadn’t seen this kid for 6 months. Ssgt Pete arrived home yesterday, and Chris and Beth and Eva will be visiting today.
We will get more posts up when we can.
Thanks for the welcome home.
July 1st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I think Popeye looks just grand! Ya’ll never lose your spirit and it just beams through!
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:30 am
Terrific pic of Popeye! It looks like y’all had a marvelous trip!
July 2nd, 2007 at 11:18 am
Popeye is a real hit with the ladies.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Bush haters? Who can not love the scenery down there? I’ve came down here a couple times to cheer Ram on because he was just a “little” stressed out and helping out one of our soilders is a vacation compared to what I am used to doing and so much an honor to help him out. I love it down here. Indiana is pretty flat, thats it…just flat. There is some good horseback riding country down here, bush hater? Nah, not me! And Im with Karen on her comment…Ram does look GOOD!! And not to mention he is wearing thee two BEST logos in the WORLD!! lol