Have some things to say but no time :)  will add a few photos

Yes, KFC exists in the desert :)  i have not eatend there for fear of my stomach not accepting it

but in case i decide too there are also some nice port-johns nearby

there is a small Starbucks beyond the KFC too!

Cool photo today from the DOD Flickr site

Caption "U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates exits a V-22 Osprey aircraft at Forward Operating Base Cafferata, Afghanistan, March 9, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen"