Yesterday was my Birthday, and I had a pretty good time. We were in Clarkston, WA, so I went out and spent some time in town. It was nice to be away from the boat for a few hours and spend some time not worrying about what was going to break next. That’s the thing [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
Oct 24
Not too much to report here.
Things have been trucking along at a pretty casual pace for me, here on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. These trips are really not all that exciting, and to be honest with there’s not all too much to report about them. It’s pretty much Locks, Locks and more Locks. It’s interesting the first couple times, [...]
Oct 15
My new office
I thought I would post up a couple of pictures of where I work now. It’s a pretty tight space, so it’s hard to get a picture of the whole thing, but that’s it. We have two Detroit Diesel Main Engines and two CAT Ship Service Generators. It’s my job to keep up the maintenance [...]
Oct 10
I’m officially an Engineer now!!!
For the first time in many years, I can honestly say that I love my job. Working as a marine engineer is truly one of the coolest things I have done in my life. The learning potential is unlimited, the career opportunities are every where, and the work is just how I like it, full [...]
Oct 07
I’m done cooking!
For a while, anyways. Today I start down the path of being a marine engineer. I won’t miss the drama so much, it’s always interesting, but never really all that much fun to take part in. In a couple of hours, my mentor for the next couple of weeks will be on board. His name [...]
Oct 05
Clarkston, WA
Half way through the first trip now, and all is going good. We made it up to Clarkston yesterday, the turn around point for us. The sister towns of Clarkston, WA and Lewiston, ID are pretty much what you would expect in this area. They could literally be any town in eastern Oregon or Washington, [...]
Oct 03
I made it to Oregon
We pulled into Portland yesterday, and had a good trip down. The seas were pretty calm, nothing crazy by any means. Even “crossing the bar” or turning into the mouth of the Columbia River wasn’t half as bad as it could have been. Supposedly, there is quite a few wrecked ships in the bottom of [...]
