11 Degrees North is the bar slash pool hall slash general hang out area. It's a basic metal building with a 50 x 100 ft open area. There's wi-fi and a few pool tables and lots of little square tables and chairs. There's also a stage and a big screen for occasional movies. Alcohol is served after 1900 and they track your daily allowance by scanning your ID card. It's sort of in between CLUville and the rest of the base, which means that wherever you are you have a little walk to get here.
Right now the place is decorated for Thanksgiving. It's nice and all and I appreciate the thought and effort, but c'mon, it's not like this is a real holiday with homes full of family and love and the scents of dinner roasting away in a steamy kitchen and scenes of the Dallas Cowboys losing to whoever they may be playing this year. That's what awaits us when we get back. Today is really just another Sunday for us. It's a day off and civilian clothes are authorized. And that's how life is a little different out here.
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