Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Well, I start by apologizing for being away for so long.It's been close to a year I guess. I guess that means there isn't much going on.the winter was kinda hibernation for me but now the spring is here and that means outdoor stuff to be doing.me and my wife have traveled to argentia to nose around the old base. It's amazing the work the americans put into that base just to walk away from it.We were there about 2 hours and hardly scratched the surface. I mean we looked around the old airfield and explored the surrounding bunkers, drove around the other side of the base but that's it.When we got home I did a little digging just to find there are a ton of things more to see.There are loads of bunkers of various sizes,there is even a hospital bunker.There is even a tunnel system.All this is in the woods behind the old BOQ site.I definitely see another trip out there soon.
also, silly me, after the 3 or for trips me and my wife made out to Red Cliff, I knew it used to be an american military installation but never did know what.I always thought all there was, was just that one old ruin of a building and two under ground bunkers. Never thought about going up the second road. When I got home I checked out the site on google earth and VIOLA!! that second road leads to the ACTUAL site.DUH!! So of course now I'm intrigued right? I do a little digging and find that Red Cliff was indeed an American military installation but it was in fact it was a radar facility. It was meant to be a part of an advanced warning system against enemy aircraft and to aid pilots in bad weather. But turns out the radar coverage was inadequate so they closed and pulled out. So back we go to Red Cliff to check it out and take pictures that will be sure to find their way on here.

That's it for now.