Kandahar Again

So another quick day trip to Kandahar, starting at 4 am and back by 5 pm.  Stayed on the air base the whole time.  Lots and lots of Predators and Reapers lined up to take off when we landed - the weird thing about them is how wide they are, in terms of wingspan, yet you walk by them and you're taller than them (well, I am, anyway; I don't know about everyone).  Also, the most helicopters today I've ever seen; there must have been at least twenty in the sky at any given moment with another half-dozen taking off, helos of all types, Chinooks and Blackhawks, the little Hueys and the big Sikorskis.  Also, the fighters were quite active, many more zooming overhead with accompanying sonic booms than I've seen before.  Basically I was just there for meetings and to field complaints.  Tried to sample the famous Horton's Canadian donuts, but they were all out by the time I got there at 0830, though I did get to eat at the pizza place for lunch.  This is the third straight trip there's been a suicide bombing where I've gone, though this time it wasn't close; it was just in the same province, in Spin Boldak, one of the border posts.  The weather was beautiful, and the skies were clear during the whole flight, and the mountains below are completely covered in snow.