USO Canteen FReeper Style....Liberty R&R to Arizona.... July 27,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family,
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank them.
Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper Style,
are thankful for every service member
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
in both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Message from Snow Bunny to all those who visit the Canteen.

This is how I think of the USO Canteen Freeper Style.
It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night.

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too.
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of place
that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, a library, etc.

Many Veterans have written to me,
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they served.

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy
and sometimes troubling world.
Make yourself at home.

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CASUAL SATURDAY AT THE CANTEEN

Liberty commences at the beginning of today's
FReeper USO Canteen thread
and, depending on your division assignment,
expires when the new thread for Sunday is posted.

***** A special invitation to our troops and Veterans
to join us in today's cyber trip. *****

Arizona

Arizona from the splendor of the Grand Canyon to the multitude of wildflowers.

Our trip takes us to the Grand Canyon.......Anyone care to take an added trip down into this marvelous place?

Our next adventure happens when we get to......The Havasupai Indian Reservation is located in Havasu Canyon deep in the heart of Grand Canyon. Havasu Canyon is one of the over 600 side canyons together forming the 280-mile long Grand Canyon.

Home to towering waterfalls, beautiful cascades, and tropical blue-green pools this lush oasis is considered the "gem" of the Grand Canyon.

Beautiful Arizona landmark, Camelback Mountain

In a place called Sedona, there is something very mystical about this spot in Northeastern Arizona.

Sedona is unique in several respects. First is that it is relatively lush and seems rather out of place in a state better known for it's desert-like landscape. Secondly, Sedona has beautiful rich red rock formations that jet out of the sandy canyon floor, they look something like enormous sculptures against the azure sky.

Traveling over to Tucson where there are many things to see: ...Sabino Canyon, De Grazia Art Gallery, Seguaro National Monuments. But one of the stops we will take , is the Mission San Xavier.

Mission San Xavier del Blac

[WVNan]

I thought it was casual Saturday, souris. My feet hurt. Can't we just rest for a while?

[LadyX]

SCOTTSDALE??

Hey - I can look up my old steady beau in high school who has an art gallery there!
LOL

[SpookBrat]

You can find that ocean front property in post #93. :) Gotta run!

[Aquamarine]

Golf anyone?!? LOL!

[COB1]

"Okay, Cobby, Mr. Expert - who is the singer on this one?"

AW, C'MON!!
Give me a hard one!!
That's Diamond Rio!!

(I saw it on the URL!)

[SpookBrat]

MoJo, you belong in here with us. There are several military wives in here. Do you know GatorGirl, a fellow Navy bride?

Post with us and support our troops! You'll love it in here. :)

<--------click on the picture

Hey y'all...be your friendly selves to a Navy Wife! She's a hero too.

[LadyX]

yew cheated...:((
now how can i respect yew??

[MoJo2001]

Thank you SpookBrat!! I love the picture! Very majestic and peaceful! (Unlike the average military household..lol)

Thank you for leading me in here!!! There are some wonderful things going on in here!! Woohoo!! God Bless all of you and to your families that serve either through the military or keeping America running by just going to work!

[SevenofNine]

RACKKKKKKKK USO Canteen Freeper items

Well I been surfiing around wires so sorry I am late and I slept in

REMEMBER I am from West coast

YO YO Smack chatter in da houseeee

Well AP wire is reporting that mysterious light cause F-16s to try incepteted it was gone

AHHHH could been UFO

Could be God try get Dubya attention

YO DUBYA I think somebody upstair want talk to you

[Aquamarine]

That's OK COB. I jumped the gun on you and told Lady who the band was, thinking that you were sleeping in. Besides I wanted to brag about seeing Diamond Rio in concert a few times. They are very talented and also easy on the eyes...that last comment was meant for you Lady!

[Eastbound]

"The stars are 5 feet across ..."

Wow! What a great pix. Thanks for posting it.

(I think the 5 feet was a typo in the news report. The stars are closer to 24 feet across - each).

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Morning Troops, families, veterans, and Canadian allies (and everybody else). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:
Sunrise 5:20am
Sunset 10:51pm
Hi 60F
Lo 52F
Cloudy, scattered showers (rained all night)

[HiJinx]

Wow, thanks for the USS Phoenix post...she was also affectionately known by her crew as the "Phoo Bird"!!

HJ

[Mr_Magoo]

Two new members of a hunting lodge get introduced to it's oldest member, Ray. They ask him to tell his favorite hunting story and he agrees. "Well, back in '54 in Africa," old Ray starts, "we went dangerous game hunting. Didn't have much luck at first, but on the second day I was resting by a tree when I heard a noise. Next thing I know the biggest lion I've ever seen jumped out of the bush at me like this RO-A-A-R-R-R!!! Well, I just sh** in my pants".

The young men were amazed. One of them says, "I don't blame you, I'd crap my pants too if a lion jumped out at me like that"!

Old Ray shakes his head and says, "No, no, not then.......just now when I said roar".

[Beep]

How, Snow Bunny! Toniktuka?!

Toksa ake,
Beep
aka "Walks-Among-Deer"

[HiJinx]

Here's another Arizona Sunrise for ya, Clara Suzanne...
Click on the little pic to see the big one, this was taken out my front door last April...