Iwakuni VTF

Like Sasebo there is only one military technician working at the vet clinic. Since he's gone to a development course, they have been getting behind in some of their surgeries. CPT Hinton asked if I could come up for a few days to try and help out. Well not really ask, told would be more like it. With my upcoming trip to Thailand I was only to help him out on one day.

Getting up there we went through Iwakuni's Cherry Blossom Festival. It is alot nicer than Sasebo in that the trees are more strategically placed rather than the 'scatter' pattern that the ones down here are in. We even stopped at the Kintai Bridge (shown below). It's unique as it is the only 5 span wooden bridge of its type in the world, the cherry blossoms blooming around it were a bonus.

Work wise we got about 6 surgeries knocked out and I got to work in a bigger OR for a change. It was weird working with different equipment but the vet's techniques were the same so it was easy to overcome the strange place. I wished I could of stayed longer, but my vacation starts tommorow and I've been waiting for that for a long time.