Life being on Edwards AFB

Edwards AFB "Middle of Nowhere" or "Middle of Everywhere", depends on how you see it. I am writing this as I leave this base, so I am going to sum up what we have done here in this post. This base is in the middle of the desert but you can go to the mountains, beaches, national parks or the city within an hour and a half drive. We are from Los Angeles, CA so getting Edwards meant that we would be close to our family.

The shuttle flying over the Edwards AFB clinic

  It was dark the first time I drove onto base, as I drove down Rosamond Blvd and seeing the sign that says "Welcome to Edwards AFB" I was in for a big surprise. Two miles past the sign and seeing nothing but blackness. I pulled over and calling my girlfriend (now my wife) I told her that I passed the sign but there is nothing out here, she tells me "it should be there". So having faith in her, I kept driving and after about 10 miles of nothingness, I get to the gate. After the gate, it's another two miles of nothing before I see the first building. The thing about this base is that everything is so spread out.  That was just over three years ago and it has been a great experience here.

Intro

Let me first start off by introducing to you who we are. My name is Ronald and I am in the United States Air Force, my wife Sandy who is a substitute teacher and son Anthony. 

This blog is about our life as being an active duty family. We will be writing about how being stationed at different bases, things to do around the base as well as vacations and traveling we do. We are open to new experiences so we will be writing about lots of different activities, places and topics. Our philosophy in life is “Nothing is impossible”.  If you want to do something, you just have to figure out the “How”.  And remember, if it’s worth doing it, it probably won’t be easy. So what kind of life experience do you want? We are pretty positive about life. Therefore most of the stuff you see here will be the great stuff we see along the way.  We are starting this post because we often go online to get new ideas on things and see what others are doing. We hope by reading about our experiences, you get new ideas for your next adventure.  We are starting this blog as we leave Edwards AFB to go to Andersen AFB in Guam. The name Tiger Stripe life is from the Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) pattern which is made up of green tiger stripes.