Attn to all hands

Soo I got my new orders to go to the Coast Guard cutter Stedfast! I will be meeting them in Portland OR. and then begin working my way down south to California and perhaps mexico. I will only be gone for 3 weeks, but I suppose that is ok. Not sure how much time I will have in Portland, I imagine I will be pretty busy preparing to get underway. Cant wait to get out on the water and learn some more stuff. I leave this next tuesday the 24th and return july 14th, just in time to make the trip down to Washington with my boat. Hopefully I will still get the opportunity to go to boarding team member school in August, who knows.. Well thats it for now, I am sure I will have a ton of pictures! So stand by!

Tom

Off the rock... hopefully

So if all goes to plan, I will be leaving this little rock called Ketchikan on July 21st and heading down to Charelston NC for boarding team member school for 12 days. I have to pass a few physical tests and a couple pistol courses first though, so lets hope those go smoothly.. After that I wont be heading back to Ketchikan, but rather Bellingham Washington where our boat is going to be dry docked for a while! I cant wait to be back in the real world for a while.. But after all that is over with we have two patrols this Winter starting with one september 15th i believe. So thats just a little update about where im going to be in the comming future, hopefully i'll get to see some people!

Tom

randomness

So here are some pictures i just randomly have saved on my network here at the boat.. Anything from me and my friends to mountains and trees... Hopefully some new trail pics tomorrow! Sooo the first top picture is of us comming down deer mt. It was like being on the moon because we could jump off a 10 foot drop into the snow and kind of sink as we landed so it was like we hardly fell at all, kind of weird actually, but Eric jumped and started to slide right into a tree.. Second picture is of me, my roommate burton, graves, and hartel just walkin around town at night.. Third picture is of me and one of the new guys potter when we were making it to the top of Deer mt, pretty much exhausted.. And last picture is of Ryan, we took it and sort of cut off his feet, but its cool because it looks like he is free falling, next time we are going to get a picture of all of us doing it.. So thats is for today, just some random photos while i sit here on the quarter deck. Me and 3 buddies just got done working late and painted the whole starboard side of our ship, not to shabby if you ask me! More pictures to come tomorrow or saturday! Miss yall! bye!

Been a while

Well I will admit it has been a few days since my last post, but not much has really happened.. Still waiting on word as to when I will be heading down to California to the Stedfast. Same ol same ol really, been doing a lot of painting on the outside of our hull, so that means a lot of long days. Had a special wet trainer trailer here last thursday, the thing simulated the inside of a ship with cracked pipes and holes and we had to plug and patch them as it fill up with water, I am proud to say me and my buddy Eric got first place out of the whole boat! Thats about it I suppose, havent done any new hikes yet, but I think there is one comming up this friday, so I will definatly have some new pictures by then! Hope everyone is doing well back home, miss yall lots!!

Tom