This is what was called the Catchment
Basin
Our main source of drinking
water was collected rainwater
from this basin, pumped into
large water tanks.
Quite overgrown these days.
Notice the telephone pole off
to the left, in the middle of the basin.
The islanders ran what looked
like a 14/2 romex wire from the t-building
down to the pump at the bottom
of the basin. I would hate to think
of the voltage drop they caused.
It seems they have been trying to
make use of this basin since
the base closing, to no avail
Water tanks. The T-building would
be to my right.
Pump house on the left. The
light was on and the door open
but we couldn't find anyone
around.
Here's Jim and Harriet on the
beach just off of the catchment
Not a footprint in sight.
What those tourists in Cancun
wouldn't do for some of
this peace and quiet
Let's take a quick jaunt across
the island to the Carribean side
The M-boat pier
Navy supplies would be received
here weekly if I remember correctly.
On the road to this pier is
the Navy Beach, now called Receiver's Beach
Named after the Navy where we
"received" our supplies.
By the way, great snorkeling
from here, along to the right, all the
way to Receiver's Beach.
Not sure how it was later on,
but in the '60s we had a concrete sided lean-to
and a barbeque area and the
captain had a cook posted here on
the weekends to cook for any
of us who wanted to spend some time
Back to the base and the three
muskateers in front of the T-building
That window is new. At least
new to us '65 '66 guys.
There were no windows at all
in the T-building
