Here Ye!Ragged Island WMA Pictures

ok here goes some pictures I took while out doing some early season scouting.

They were angry at the lack of a boat ramp to.

Hey look my taxes bought me something how nice of them.

That is what I was looking for!
None shall pass!

Angry Much?

Well it has been a chill few days and that's fine by me.I have been catching up with friends and bills and just waiting to get my teeth yanked out tomorrow.In the mean time I did some early duck scouting and did a search for public boat landings at a surrounding WMA.Not much luck but I did get to meet some sweet locals that are all about killing small animals.They were mostly insane but very helpful.I did some walking and saw that the plan I had worked out in my head isn't going to work.However I did devise a good plan.Now next week when my brother comes to town we shall see if it works.Pictures from todays exercise soon to come.

Albany,New York Pictures

I forgot to post pictures with my last post so here they are.Once again,MY BAD!

Rip Van Winkle Bridge,hey I didn't name it

Sunset in Albany,New York
You must bring us a shrubbery!

Albany,New York

Hooray!Can you sense my excitement?Well if you can then you are crazy because I'm about done with this hitch.Ever since we left the shipyard it seems like nothing goes right.I find myself helping out in the engine room more than anything.A broken jumper line,a leaky oil flex flange,broken gauges,you name it and it has been fixed and re-fixed.That being said it truly is breathtaking going up the Hudson River.We didn't have any time to go into town and browse which is what I look forward to when arriving at new destinations.That's alright though we are heading back down river to the North River anchorage ,around Manhattan.The barge is due in the shipyard Monday morning and that means crew change in New York,sweetness.It's going to be nice to step foot back on dry land and make sure my dwelling and belongings are still in one piece.

An Expeiment in Posting Photos!

So here are some more pictures I took while working on the tug in the New York Harbor.If this doesn't,MY BAD!

Eureka it's working!
The force is strong in this one!

N.Y.C. Baby!

I didn't think it was possible to love my job much more than I already do.Coming into the New York harbor was completely amazing.I love this city for almost as many reasons as I can't stand it.After an early morning entrance into the harbor I forgot about all the reasons I dislike this place.It has been one of my dreams to work in the New York harbor and I will tell everyone why.The view!There is no way you can beat the view of everything from the statue of liberty to Staten Island.It's incredible and breathtaking just watching everyone go about there business and have no clue what they are missing being surrounded by skyscrapers.The canals,the hustle and bustle of the harbor,the people working on the tugs it's just so different than where I got my start in the James River of Virginia.I digress,so we offloaded a bit around 149th street and are heading back across the harbor to off load a bit more then it's up river for another change of scenery Albany.I can't wait!

That's the Ticket

After a short six hour run from Chesapeake City to Baltimore,Maryland we got a view of the Penn Maritime barge we will be handling over the next few weeks and maybe months.She is a beast!Nothing our boat can't handle though,we can tow the world around it's axis if needed.We gave an assist to the tug Penn No.4 while they docked the barge right outside Baltimore's Inner Harbor.Then we headed over to pier 13 and took 20,000 gallons of fuel of of the Penn tug because they are heading to their happy happy company shipyard in New York to get a massive overhaul.It's always a little difficult when making up to a new barge because you never quite know if everything is going to fit,cables,lines,winches it's always a bit different with every barge.Well the barge will be loaded by the morning hours and then it's off to New York and time for me to make my money.