Tug and Coast Guard

I’m “Sorry” that your “Settlers of Catan” are forming a “Monopoly” on “Chess”

Our children are always loosing the pieces to our games and leaving them about the house so we decided we should put them all together in one place and start our own new games.  Our first game is titled: I’m “Sorry” that your “Settlers of Catan” are forming a “Monopoly” on “Chess”.

“We hold these truths to be self evident”

The founding fathers, in the Declaration of Independence, stated, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Surprisingly I have found that the vast majority of our society no longer finds these truths to be self evident, in fact they can no longer find an origin for them at all.  A mind shift has taken place, and for the most part our society believes that the states have the right to declare what our rights are.

Kennicott

M/V Kennicott is a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System.

Constructed in 1998 by the Halter Marine Group in Gulfport, Mississippi, the M/V Kennicott has been one of the most vital vessels to the Alaska ferry system since its inception. It is nine-deck, ocean certified vessel and is also able to serve as a command and logistics vessel in the event of disaster or oil spill. The ferry system, taking advantage of her ocean-going status, sends the vessel on a monthly trans-Gulf of Alaska (“cross-gulf”) voyage beginning in Juneau and concluding in Kodiak. On this voyage, the Kennicott is able to provide service to the isolated Gulf of Alaska community of Yakutat and is the only vessel to do so. The cross-gulf voyages are very popular and quite often sold out. The Kennicott and the M/V Tustumena are the Alaska Marine Highway’s only accredited ocean-going vessels. The Kennicott also serves as a mainline relief ferry in the event other ferries are out of service.

The Kennicott’s amenities include a hot-food cafeteria; cocktail lounge and bar; solarium; forward, aft, movie, and business lounges; gift shop; 51 four-berth cabins; and 58 two-berth cabins. The aft portion of the Kennicott appears bloated because there is a car elevator built into the superstructure. The elevator is used in ports without roll-on ramps allowing service to ordinary docks. While its elevator is external, the Tustumena is the only other ferry with this feature.

Given the information above you can imagine our surprise at seeing this ship in our neighborhood.  What fun!   Of course, the phone line kind of messes this one up, but if I cropped it then the marker would be cut out, and I so like the marker.

Here’s a unique perspective of its passing.

 

Surprise visit from the US Coast Guard

Jasper out riding his bike

Odin

Can you spot the deer crossing the Narrows?

I know this isn’t the best picture, it’s actually the only shot I was able to get.

The Slacktide a Triloboat

Recently I posted a couple of pictures of an unusual boat. Jeremy decided to find out more about it today. Here’s a link to this unusual couples blog and their unusual life style. And here’s a link to information about their boat.

Afognak