Fort Riley…

Yesterday I got to go on an awesome field trip. It wasn’t far from Manhattan, but it is definitely something worth seeing.

My friend from back home, Megan (pictured here with “her” Humvee on the right), is in the Air Force, but is stationed at Fort Riley (which is an Army base), training and preparing to go to Afghanistan. She leaves the middle of August, so she took time out of her busy training schedule to give me a tour.

There are Humvees EVERYWHERE on base! The ones with small glass windows are bullet-proof. 

Megan’s housing:

Inside of a Humvee (not a bullet-proof one like Megan rides in)  

First Capitol of Kansas:
 

Big trucks:

Offices:

Housing for most of the men. There are around 40 guys per room! 

Megan said they have these trains go through all the time:

One of the high-up officer’s houses. These were so nice!

This is where General Custer’s horse, Chief, is buried:

Memorial with Custer’s statue:

Custer’s house:

Beautiful views from the base:         

Thanks Megan for giving me the tour!