| GTMO Pack Out date has finally arrived and I patiently watch in awe, as the colony of 3rd Party Nationals scurrying around my home and “some-what” neatly compile 2 years, 3 months, and 1 day, worth of personal belongings ferreted during my unfortunate incarceration within Satan’s Perdition. Nevertheless, as expected, mixed emotions rapidly swirl within the vacant space between my ears, generally reserved for grey matter. Granted, I’m anxious to leave, however, slightly horrified by the concept of dealing with reality in North Cuba, or better known as Miami...
Ready or not, it’s time to return to the World’s perception of normalcy and assume theoretical adult responsibilities traditionally reserved for mature audience. Although “maturity” is subject to interpretation, I believe I have earned this privilege, considering I’m rapidly approaching the distinction of AARP candidate… Enough said and no comments from the Peanut Gallery…
The Mustang is already packed-up and sitting (in theory) on a barge, ready for shipping to Jacksonville, Florida. Strangely, Jacksonville seems to be the only sea port the U.S. government recognizes and ships nowhere else from GTMO. Once car and house hold goods arrive in Jacksonville, they transport everything to my home address in Miami. Sadly, government inefficiency translates into lengthy waiting periods before personal items arrive in Miami.
Believe it or not, this established governemnt process literally consumes between 6 to 12 weeks transporting material 150 miles… With such precision and efficiency, It’s no fuck’n wonder our government is unable to successfully balance the budget… Ladies and gentleman, this model of inefficiency if directly funded by your tax dollars…
Actual flight back to Miami takes about 3.5 hours. Yes, 3.5 hours. Two major factors enter into this equation which causes massive delays. First and foremost, our only flight option has two small “prop” engines attached to antiquated flying device. Yes, boys and girls, this aircraft, owned by Lynx, is one step above Orville and Wilbur’s experiment at Kitty Hawk… Two, and most importantly, we are not permitted to fly directly over Cuban air space for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, It seems our engineering marvel of a flying machine is unable to out-run both surface to air missiles and Russian made MIG fighters… Go figure… |
