MacDill AFB

Mick and I visited MacDill AFB out on a prime peninsula in Tampa Bay. It is immaculate, groomed, and gardened. The facilities are gorgeous! Their PX is well-stocked and the prices are very good plus no sales tax. I need a netbook for weather and other planning while flying. $259 and no tax for a Dell. Right after the license is in my hands.

We wanted to see their family camp. There are Yankees that do the snowbird on Macdill each winter. In fact all the available reservations have been made for November through March 2010-2011. They do have some first-come, first served sites available
The base is home to Central Command and the Special Ops Command, so soldiers, Marines, and sailors seem to outnumber the airmen. They had the best collection of "Grunt Apparel" I've seen so now I've got three new USMC hats and two gorgeous shirts that Micky picked.
And the Marina is going to be a great place to base out of while sailing "Jazz". It feels good to finally and officially be a retired Marine.