Base Camp Freedom by Joe East

Author:Joe East [Joe East]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781475934755
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2012-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

Our first day of training was mostly spent in the classroom. That afternoon, we took a five-mile hike to help us get acclimated to the cold and to break in our gear.

After returning to barracks, we got cleaned up for dinner.

Linda said, “Beth, I’ve always wanted to visit Alaska and now we’re actually here! Since you’re from Alaska, what’s your favorite place to visit?”

“That’s hard to say because there are so many beautiful sights to see. One of my favorites is Glacier Bay. I’m fascinated watching big pieces of ice break away and creating huge splashes as they fall into the sea. You see, birds feed there because the falling ice seems to bring fish near the surface. I also love Ketchikan, with its beautiful harbor and authentic Indian village. Those places are best visited during the summer.”

“Why did you join the marines?” I asked.

“I was getting over a failed marriage and needed to get away and start a new life. Roy and I were just out of high school. Our marriage lasted all of six months.”

“Do you mind my asking what happened?” Linda asked.

“It’s been over for several months. I can’t believe so much has happened since I joined the marines. Oh yeah; about Roy. I caught him cheating with another girl from our high school class. I thought she was just being friendly—hanging around our apartment and all. I guess it was only natural she and Roy began playing ‘house’ whenever I went to work at the restaurant.”

“How did you catch them?”

“I was stripping the bed one day when I found a pair of panties that didn’t belong to me. Rather than confront Roy, I borrowed a camera from a friend and set it up in the bedroom. It wasn’t long before I had all the evidence I needed to get a quickie divorce and gain custody of all of our possessions, including his truck, guns, and his hunting dogs.”

“That was really clever of you setting up the camera. What did you do with all that stuff?”

Beth laughed and said, “I gave power of attorney to my older sister, who hates Roy with a passion. I agreed to split everything with her fifty-fifty when she sold his stuff at auction—what was I going to do with all his junk? She told me Roy was fit to be tied when his favorite dog was sold. The Sheriff had to escort him away from the auction. I sent him a condolence card a few weeks later. I reminded him that he should have never cheated on me.”

“What about the girl Roy was seeing?”

“Well, I heard that the little tramp left Roy and took up with the guy who brought his truck!”

Each day was similar to the first—a couple of hours in the classroom after breakfast and the remainder of the day spent outdoors doing heavy physical stuff.

During the first weekend, we got our gear and rations and were driven about twelve miles to a wooded area in a small valley where we set up a campsite for the weekend.

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