Morning visitor

Had a staring contest with this visitor the other morning. She was checking out our compost pile.

New Mexico

Longwood Gardens, Longwood, PA

24/7

The fight against rust on a steel tug boat is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week job. And the rust always wins. The top picture shows Mike, the deckhand and to Mikes lower left jack, the Captain, keeping the boat looking good.

The Captain's job description says nothing about him chipping and painting, but Jack loves to just dive right in with the rest of the boys.

Below, my assistant engineer putting together a little salad as part of our lunch. The picture has the feel of a jail cell.

That's appropriate.

Up the North River

We're anchored tonight a few miles away from the chaos that can be New York Harbor.

I have no idea what these buildings are, but the sun was setting and the glare off the windows looked really cool. My camera did not do this photo justice.

After departing Brooklyn and this old warn out grain terminal, we cruised by Manhattan, the absence of the Twin Towers still very obvious years later.

Verrazano Bridge, NY

What a Life

Just Chillin

Boat Stuff

Rush hour on thr Delaware

At sea towing a barge that holds 6,000,000 gals of oil

The wheelhouse on this boat is unbelievably comfortable for a tug.

These are 2 photos of the inside of my new office. The galley and the Officers hallway, equiped with a firemans suit hanging on the bulkhead.

If they think I'm putting that thing on and fighting a fire, their nuts!

That's what the lifeboats are for.

The duplicate pic is a mistake and I don't know how to get rid of it.

A sea of unbrellas

Not the best weather for a graduation ceremony.

The first picture is of the stern of out tug taken from the upper wheel house 80 ft above. The upper wheel house is needed to give the Captain a clear view over the barge we are pushing loaded with 6 million gallons of black oil.

The 2nd picture was taken as we were about to go under the Hells Gate bridge in New York, as we were heading for Manhatten.

Thomas Jefferson's View of DC

Lightering a Ship in Puerto Rico

That first step is a doosey!

The Tankerman, who works on the barge, returning to the tug after a long day.

A peek down the engine room