Got a baby at home

We were certified by the state to be foster/adoptive parents. And look at what has arrived.

I am pleased.

Short TImer ...

Only three days left to go and I get to go home. That Rocks!!!

The trip this month is really dragging by. It fells like I have been here for a month.

But is has only been twelve days. Anyway, the pic above was shot from one on the cranes at

the Maersk terminal, thats us on the stern, at Pier 7 putting up a line, getting ready to assist the car ship out. We have been in Tacoma the whole time.

I can't wait to get home again.

Knowing God

Look up in the sky on a clear night.
Some of that light that you are observing is billions of years old.
It took that long to reach this planet,
from its source.
It is really humbling,
And I don’t know about you, but it makes me feel very small.
The galaxies that inhabit space are uncountable.
The vastness of it all is incomprehensible.
I don’t believe that most people really grasp that.
The bible says that God is everywhere all the time, he knows and see’s all things.
That God is a Spirit.
It is really not humanly possible to understand that.
The Omnipresence of God.
The Omnipotence of God.
It is beyond understanding.
It really makes me humble looking at what God has made.
Think about it …
Because as vast as these things are, the one who made them is greater.
The creator is greater than his creation, he has to be.
The Lord of the universe. The creator of all things.
Who created space and time, and exists outside of space and time.
I am just about done reading J. I. Packers book … “Knowing God”.
I highly recommend it to anyone who is seeking to broaden
their understanding of the Lord God.
It has helped my understanding.

This will ruin your day at work ...

Gravel barge capsized near Gig Harbor
The Associated Press
A gravel barge capsized near Gig Harbor Monday.
The Coast Guard says no petroleum products spilled into the water, but gravel from the 33-hundred ton load spilled into the water despite the efforts of a tug to push the barge to shore to keep it from sinking.
The Island Tug and Barge company of Seattle was moving the gravel from DuPont to Kenmore.
Copyright © 2007 The Seattle

So, I am back at work again, I was coming around Browns Point, entering Commencement Bay, when I saw it .... An Island Tug towing a barge around, but the barge was upside down.
Looked a little strange to see the skegs pointed strait up to the sky.
I HAVE to start bringing my camera to work with me again.
That would have been a really kewl picture. They are in here just doing round turns
At least the thing din't sink when it flipped, and luckily the only thing that was lost
was gravel.

Brrrrr - 4/2/2007

Ok, Its April 2nd and look what we get ...

yup that's right, a winter wonderland.

To get to our home, we have to drive up

a very steep and winding hill. even with a

little bit of this stuff it gets slick n dangerous.

Looks like the chains that I just pulled out from the back of my vehicle,

will be going back in.

I don't know about you all, but around here,

the global warming that everyone is concerned

with, has not shown up in my neiborhood yet.

Do any of you remeber in the Seventys ...

(showing my age here) the big concern then was the inevitable ice age that was coming,

and of course with the cold and ice the end of civilization as we know it ?

Well ... while the rest of you are going to get the global warming in your area,

In mine we are going to get the ice age.

Wanna swap ?

Home ... Home Again, I like to be there when I can ...

I returned home Sunday afternoon after doing my time for the month
of March. I live two lives. One at work on a Tug, the other here at home.
I like the one here at home more. I am very happy that I am at home.
I like to think that I am not one of those that need work to define who they are.
Where a person gets their feeling of identity and being.
I think that is definably a male trait.
But I am probably in denial about that.
We men can’t seem not to do that.
Is it not always one of the first things that is
brought up when you first meet someone new ?
What do you do for a living ?
(answer … I do so and so for so and so)
You know the drill.
I am attempting to change that.
Time will tell if I am successful in my endeavor.
I have purchased “Knowing God” by J. I Packer and
I am slowly reading through it.
Of course, I am also still pounding away reading the Bible also.
A little bit every day. For me, I can say that
it leads my thoughts away from the daily goings on in my life.
It causes me to reflect on greater and grander themes of things… so to speak.
We went to Yoga on Monday. I love going to Yoga.
My sister inlaw turned me on to this place->
http://awakenpoweryoga.com/
At the end of a session, I can’t even describe to you how
relaxed and peaceful I feel. It’s nice.
When I go to Yoga, I like to focus on what I know about God.
What he has revealed to me.
I meditate on that.
They do a little chanting where I practice.
Although I can’t bring myself to chant…… “Ohmmm” “Ohmmm”
But I do enjoy listening to the group chant. The sound that they produce
when they chant is rather nice to listen too.
I bring my own spirituality with me when I practice my yoga.
I focus on what I believe and I meditate on that.
I need to get off my butt and find a church to attend.
There are a lot out there. It is just a little overwhelming,
trying to decide which one to go too.
I guess that when I am ready, I will be lead to the right one.

Working on the Water (continues)

This was my reply to the email that I received from the
individual that is in charge of VTS.


The question that I have with this ... Is there was no traffic
in Rosario Strait that morning…
Other than the Garth Foss, three miles behind me.
If you don't believe me,
do you keep a recorded log of some kind ?
If you do, please look.
And if there had been traffic, I would have utilized the TSS,
or done whatever it took, to avoid that traffic.
I am of the opinion that the VTS personnel who were on duty that morning
did not use good judgment in assessing the traffic situation that existed.
Since there was no traffic (other than myself)
what collision possibilities were there ?
What dangerous situation existed in that area, that morning,
for VTS to be so concerned with the route that I utilized ?

Sincerely ......

I never heard back from him.(VTS guy)
Well let me restate that, I heard from my Boss,
He told me that I made my point,
and to stop picking on the VTS personnel.
Huh?
Me picking on the VTS personnel ?
They started it.