{"id":10225,"date":"2025-02-16T00:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/?p=10225"},"modified":"2025-02-21T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:06:06","slug":"exploring-the-former-ft-sherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/02\/16\/exploring-the-former-ft-sherman\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Former Ft. Sherman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Wednesday, February 5, we decided to start the day off with a walk in the jungle. We took the road that led to the former officer\u2019s housing,<\/a> but this time, we turned at the intersection where the church was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The paved portion of the street didn\u2019t extend very far beyond the church. The pavement ended at shed which marked another intersection. Straight ahead was fenced, but the gate was open and we presumed there was a pathway behind the gate. We didn\u2019t go in there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instead, we chose to the path to the right, which once had a fence that was now on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We came to a concrete battery built into the hillside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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northeast corner, which we later found out was used as a dormitory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We were guessing that this was the place we\u2019d visited 15-years ago<\/a>, but it looked so different that it was hard to be sure. Keith was super creeped out by the battery. He turned around and went back to Kosmos, while Christi and Eric went deeper into the area to check it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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northwest corner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was surprisingly large. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We could barely see the southern end from the northern end!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We later found out that the top floor was the command center telling soldiers the degrees of angles to fire mortars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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southern end, which we later found out was a prison.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most of the doorways led into rooms of varying size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We later found out these particular rooms were cell blocks, but there were other smaller rooms throughout the complex that were utilized for other purposes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Several of the doorways led into long corridors that went much deeper than we were comfortable exploring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After walking the length of the battery, Christi and Eric went back to the marina entrance and took the road to the left, the one that led to Gatun Bridge<\/a>. The former gas station<\/a> was now completely gone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the road turned south, we continued walking straight east into what was once an airstrip. There were vultures all over the place! The airstrip was flanked by a group of buildings <\/a>\u2013 these were the buildings that were visible from the marina in the sunrise photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our understanding was that this was the base for Panama\u2019s Coast Guard.\u00a0We walked past the buildings to the ocean. Here is the view looking northeast towards Colon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the view looking south. No, those boats aren’t anchored. They are part of the graveyard <\/a>that we’d mentioned in a previous post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoom in of part of the graveyard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upon returning to Kosmos, we did the normal morning routine of school\/chores. Eric led another D&D session in the afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the evening, we had dinner at the marina restaurant with two other families that each have a son close in age to Keith. We keep forgetting to mention that all three of us have a new favorite drink: passionfruit limonada, which is basically lemonade, but with lime and passionfruit juices instead of lemons. At this restaurant, you can get it frozen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For dessert, we tried a flan made from coconut milk. Eric likes both flan and coconut, so he really liked it. While Christi likes the way flan tastes, she doesn\u2019t care for the snot-like texture. This flan was rich and delicious with a thicker, creamier texture than traditional flan, but it was still a little too close to snot for Christi\u2019s liking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are sad to report that Colon’s water pipe was not turned on today. We tried to use as little water onboard as possible, but it\u2019s impossible to not use any at all. The water levels got so low that Eric had to tap into the emergency reserve water.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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