Porches

I had mentioned in a previous post that we are back living in a tent city again.  As you may remember, we spent a week living in the transient billeting at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait.  The big difference between KAF and Ali's respective camps is that KAF is a "permanent" home to most of its residents, whereas Ali is only a rest stop on a person's way to somewhere else..  Several of the people around us have put porches on the fronts of their tents. These porches range anywhere from very basic to very elaborate.  Some of them even have electricity ran to them for lighting.

Basic tent with no breezeway or porch.

Tent with a breezeway and a raised platform to keep mud 

from being tracked in.  This happens to be my tent.

Nice canopy and outside sitting area.  Note the large grill

on the left side of the photo.

I believe this one is made from part off a parachute.

Getting a little more engineered now.  There are always a bunch

of people sitting in this one.  It was pouring down rain tonight 

and they were sitting inside nice and dry.

This is one of the ones that has power ran to it.  The floor is made 

from steel treadplate.  I have no idea where they got that much

steel.  

This one is the most elaborate of all the porches here in the Southpark complex.  The guys are

understandably proud of it.  As you can see, they have a walk out so they can sit on top of the

bunker in their chairs and sun.  Other interesting points are the dartboard and upper deck with

its parachute canopy.  Seriously, where are these guys getting all of the wood and the parachutes??