After a series of commercial and "Space-A" flights (free flights via military), a quick trip in a smart car and a ferry ride...24 hours later since departing CA Leyna and I finally made it to see Danno. What a journey it was to get to the "Pearl of the Antilles," but well worth it! Thanks to his light workload at the time, we were able to spend a large amount of time together. We kept busy with frequent trips to the library where Leyna could run books back n forth and wrestle with huge stuffed animals...watching free movies under the stars at the outdoor theater...trips to the various beaches around the island...bowling...and it wouldn't be base life without killing time at the Exchange practically everyday. Dan also finished his scuba certification while we were there (so I'll catch up with him and get mine once we return to Oki). The clear, warm water makes so many great diving and snorkeling spots. Leyna enjoyed trying on daddy's snorkeling gear.
Here's pics of our first visit to one of GTMO's beaches. This was actually Leyna's first time to play on the beach and get in the ocean! It's so hot there, this is Leyna
before she even got into the water!
Gimme gimme the ocean!
Surprisingly she didnt eat the sand.
Overall it was a great lil adventure and I'm happy to know Danno is surrounded by such nice people out there. We're so fortunate to see him during this deployment and especially thankful he got to spend ample time with Leyna while she's growing so fast and learning so many new things. We don't expect to see Danno again until he's done and there's still many more months to go, so we'll miss him tons!
After a series of commercial and "Space-A" flights (free flights via military), a quick trip in a smart car and a ferry ride...24 hours later since departing CA Leyna and I finally made it to see Danno. What a journey it was to get to the "Pearl of the Antilles," but well worth it! Thanks to his light workload at the time, we were able to spend a large amount of time together. We kept busy with frequent trips to the library where Leyna could run books back n forth and wrestle with huge stuffed animals...watching free movies under the stars at the outdoor theater...trips to the various beaches around the island...bowling...and it wouldn't be base life without killing time at the Exchange practically everyday. Dan also finished his scuba certification while we were there (so I'll catch up with him and get mine once we return to Oki). The clear, warm water makes so many great diving and snorkeling spots. Leyna enjoyed trying on daddy's snorkeling gear. 
Here's pics of our first visit to one of GTMO's beaches. This was actually Leyna's first time to play on the beach and get in the ocean! It's so hot there, this is Leyna before she even got into the water!
Gimme gimme the ocean!
Surprisingly she didnt eat the sand.
In between the fun, we feasted. I actually grew to love the food at the galley (cafeteria). I'll never forget the day lunch was steak and gigantic king crab legs, and all for the same everyday low price of $4.25! As for Leyna, she enjoyed packing her belly with unlimited fruit and her favorite green veggies! With wildlife everywhere, you just look around and find things. Each day we saw at least a handful of big iguanas, vultures always soaring overhead (if not feasting on something), lizards big n small, large land crabs congregating by the road at dusk, tarantulas (though not the funnest thing to find near the front porch!), and banana rats at night (giant furry rodents the size of cats!).
Iguanas hang out with us everywhere...including our favorite beach spot.
Overall it was a great lil adventure and I'm happy to know Danno is surrounded by such nice people out there. We're so fortunate to see him during this deployment and especially thankful he got to spend ample time with Leyna while she's growing so fast and learning so many new things. We don't expect to see Danno again until he's done and there's still many more months to go, so we'll miss him tons!
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