Morale, Welfare, Recreation (MWR)

Things are going well at LTC.  We have by far the best committee.  For the most part, we all get along, we have been blessed with great cadre, and our jobs are fun.  As a reward for the two weeks of little to no free time and not a single day off, the past few days have been rather relaxing.  Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were all half days with fun activities in the afternoon.  Thursday I finally made it to the dentist, Friday we ventured down to the Maker’s Mark Distillery, and yesterday Thielmann and I put 26 miles on the bikes.  We’ve also been training more and more on the tower.  On Friday having mastered the swiss-seat rappel, we moved on the the aussie-seat rappel.  I’m still a bit slow, but I’m getting better.  Being suspended 50ft in the air, lying parallel to the ground, and being told to “just Jump” into a spread eagle and brake when you near the ground is a bit unnerving. 

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Maker’s Mark

Maker’s Mark is one of the oldest distillery’s in the US and a maker of fine Kentucky Bourbon.  We were able to take a private tour, taste some maker’s mark, and even dip our own bottles.  It is the Maker’s Mark trademark to dip the top of the bottle in red wax and to let the wax drip down the bottle and cool.