Day Two - FT Riley

I woke up this morning around 06:00. Not bad considering I had been getting up around 04:30 most other mornings due to the time difference of CA vice VA. I slept very well. Now, I do not know if that was due to the bed being comfortable or my fatigue because I had been traveling since 02:30 the previous morning.

When I woke up, I was fairly hungry. However, our information package, which we received yesterday said that the Galley opens at 09:30 on weekends. OK, I figured I could wait. 09:30 came....and went. Apparently, the Galley sometimes opens, sometimes does not on Sunday mornings. This was not one of those times. Another note about the Galley, the Army calls it a D-FAC. (pronounced like D Fack). This stands for Dining Facility. No worries, the Navy has it's own idiosyncrasies and the Navy is much more crazy with the acronyms.

So, I headed over to the local mini-mart. I realized that there were some items that I needed. I needed a lock for our foot-lockers, a pair of shower shoes, mouthwash, laundry detergent and a towel. I also bought some Nutri-Grain bars and some individual sized chicken-salad snacks. I had to eat something.

You've seen those Far-Side cartoons with the couple staring at a sign that said "NOWHERE" and showed them in the middle of it? Well, I think that we are on the far back side of there. There doesn't seem to be much of anything around here. I found out that the exchange is about 10 miles away from where we are staying. There is a shuttle bus, but it doesn't run on Sunday mornings to the exchange. The buses only take you to church on Sunday mornings. I wonder if that's a Kansas thing or an Army thing? Probably both.

*Funny note about the D-FAC.* There is a sign on the D-FAC that states the following:
"This is a hardened facility. In case of in-direct fire, remain inside." There were two concerns I had with this sign. 1: This building is definitely NOT a hardened building. 2: WHY do they feel the need to post such a sign? Have they had this issue in the past?

We do not anything planned for today. I imagine that I'll just sit here any read. Maybe I'll watch a TV show on my laptop.