Ur of the Chaldeans
Well, I'm here and "here" is Talil Air Base which is also know as Camp Adder. You can read more about it at the following link:
http://globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/tallil.htm
The reference to Ur in my title is due to the fact that the ancient city of Ur is located right outside of the base camp. Ur, of course, was home to the patriarch Abraham in the Old Testament. They run regular tours for soldiers to go and see the archeological sites. I heard it is worth the trip, and plan on going there sometime.
Right now the weather is quite pleasant. It gets pretty cold at night. Enough to require a coat and gloves in the morning. But my mid-afternoon the sun is bright and the temp rises into the mid to high 60's. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Some of the guys that have been here a while have witnessed temps in the 130's during the summer. You can check out the weather and forecast here:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/IZXX0007?from=search_city
I want to say "thank you" again for all the posts. It's great to see words of encouragement from all my friends at church, Dell, and of course, family. It motivates me to post more often knowing that all of you are reading regularly.
Amy, Alex, Jessica, Jennifer, Seth and Luke - I miss you all very much and think of you every day.
Mom - Megan and I are doing fine. We are emailing each other and trying to figure out when we can link up.
John G. - I adopted you as my brother about 20 years ago. I only wish we would have met sooner. Yes, I can definitley use some space to publish photos. Send me an email and let me know what I need to do.
All my friends at Dell - keep up the good work and get the stock price higher so I can get that boat when I get back. :-)
Gotta go. I'll be blogging again soon.
j
http://globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/tallil.htm
The reference to Ur in my title is due to the fact that the ancient city of Ur is located right outside of the base camp. Ur, of course, was home to the patriarch Abraham in the Old Testament. They run regular tours for soldiers to go and see the archeological sites. I heard it is worth the trip, and plan on going there sometime.
Right now the weather is quite pleasant. It gets pretty cold at night. Enough to require a coat and gloves in the morning. But my mid-afternoon the sun is bright and the temp rises into the mid to high 60's. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. Some of the guys that have been here a while have witnessed temps in the 130's during the summer. You can check out the weather and forecast here:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/IZXX0007?from=search_city
I want to say "thank you" again for all the posts. It's great to see words of encouragement from all my friends at church, Dell, and of course, family. It motivates me to post more often knowing that all of you are reading regularly.
Amy, Alex, Jessica, Jennifer, Seth and Luke - I miss you all very much and think of you every day.
Mom - Megan and I are doing fine. We are emailing each other and trying to figure out when we can link up.
John G. - I adopted you as my brother about 20 years ago. I only wish we would have met sooner. Yes, I can definitley use some space to publish photos. Send me an email and let me know what I need to do.
All my friends at Dell - keep up the good work and get the stock price higher so I can get that boat when I get back. :-)
Gotta go. I'll be blogging again soon.
j
posted by John at 3:20 AM
6 Comments:
John it is great to see you able to post so often! We really miss you around here. Keep the upbeat commentary coming.....We will always keep you and the others in our prayers to return home FAST and SAFE.
Amy and Family - don't forget we are here for you too. If you need anything just give us a ring.
Crystal
Hi John!
We are just thrilled to know that you are in good spirits! Thanks so much for setting this blogger up. I guess you have some idea how many people are loving, caring, and praying for the Uppermans.:-) Be blessed!
Alfred & Andrea Phoenix
Hey dad! Hope everything is going good for you. Everything is good here except for the weather. -15 degree windchill today. We've only had school four days in the last two weeks. We could use some of that weather you have over there. Well, just wanted to stop in and say hi. Keep bloggin away, miss you lots.
-Alex
Hi John--
Learned from visiting Dr. Franklin's office that you are in Iraq. Called and talked to Amy and she sent me the link to your blog. What a great tool to keep in touch and updated on what's "really" going on. The media is so misleading, and I know you all are doing great things.
Lori Byerley (Lauren's mom)
John Boy - You know that you and Megan are in my prayers daily. I hope you get to go see some of the archaelogical sites. That would be cool, probably the only cool thing going right now. Where is Camp Anaconda from you? Steve Briscoe is somewhere over there. Here is his email: SBriscoe@dimen-intl.com . I will be sending him your blog. He is dealing with all of the SBE, so you may have already dealt with him or my best friend, Kelly Horne or my old SGM, George Dees. They all work with SBE, I think. Anyway. Take care...be safe, Love, Carol
John take care of all the christian chaldeans in telkepe they are good people go see our churches and most of all take care of yourself first and all my brother marines keep up the good work GI'S and may god bless u all Sempher Fi UnoYono104@aol.com U.M.S.C.
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