I am in Honolulu enjoying some shoreleave now. It’s quite the switch from the last trip. For the last few days it’s been 74 degrees…. the water…has been 74 degrees. Our tap water (which comes from a reverse osmosis water maker out of seawater) is WARM. It’s been nice. Now I am sitting in a circa 1995 internet “cafe” (no coffee - pay by the hour) to upload a couple of photos. Haven’t been able to use the boat mail connection much due to sat/company issues.
This is a nice run, but… it’s kinda boring. I could see doing one run in between a nasty Alaska trip. Those trips are exhausting, but your so busy, that the time flies.
But Alaska looks like this:
And the Hawaii run looks like:
Haven’t caught any fish for our filet and release program, unless you count “netfish” - as shown by Mark, a fellow PMI cadet:
Nothing like Hawaii, the air seems different.