Guam!

Hafa Adai!

Today was my watch day, I had the 0800-1200 and 2000-2400 watch sigining people on and off the ship. Yesterday we started the day off at the Exchange where I was able to call my sister and talk to her for a little while. We decided to go get some lunch and headed off to this little place called Jay's, it was a bar and grill right on a small boat harbor. The grill was given a C by the health department but was packed with people so we decided to give it a shot. I ordered the Catch of the Day sandwich which was grilled Ahi Tuna! Yum! The waitress even pointed to the boat that caught the fish that was on my plate. After lunch we headed around the island to do a little tour and see the real island life away from the commercial part. We stopped at this little shack on the side of the road where a little old couple was selling fresh fruit. We bought some coconut and mango as well as starfruit and sugar cane. It was great to talk to them and they were just as excited to see us. We continued around the south end of the island and just drove and sight seeeed(?) We stopped at some little gift shop that was a locals favorite restaurant called Jeff's Pirates Cove which was just as it sounds piraty. Afterwords we got lost trying to navigate back to the base but finally got back just in time to do about 2 hours of snorkeling before we had to return the gear. After we returned the gear we headed to the Hotel row to find some clubs/bars and get some dinner. We ran into a bunch of CMA guys and we hung out and cruised the strip. Dinner was Chinese food which was delicious. We headed back to the ship and returned the car well exhausted after another great day on the island. Enjoy some pictures!

V/R,

CDT Jonathan Anderson
Squad Leader, Division 6 MT
Corps of Cadets
California Maritime Academy