Update

So its been a few days since the last posting and not a whole whole lot has changed, but here is what has happened and what is comming up in the next few months or so.. Still here in Ketchikan untill Saturday, leaving Saturday morning for Bellingham Washington which sould take 3 days from what I hear. Once down there we are going to have a TON of work to do and the duty rotation sounds like it could be a 24 our duty day every other day :( but lets hope not! While down there I will be seeing my girl Allison finally! This whole long distance thing is annoying, but I really like her and she makes me happy, so I guess I just have to deal with it. I will be down in the Bellingham area untill the end of August then we will make our way back up here and get ready for our patrol that leaves September 15th untill November 9th. All in the mean time I am starting to study and work harder on my Boatswains mate package and trying to get that done soon and hopefully get out of Alaska by the end of Feb.!! So yeah thats a lot of stuff sorta, its going to be a busy few months commin up! Photos of the trip to Bellingham comming soon!

Been a little while!

Well where do I start, sorry for not updating this in a while, just been really busy I suppose. About 3 weeks ago I left for Astoria OR to the coast guard cutter Steadfast. I spent 3 weeks patrolling the OR coast doing mostly fishery boardings, but we also had about 3 search and rescue cases, only one where we actually helped a broken down vessel. When I first got there it was a little weird, I was used to knowing everything about the boat and what do, but when I go there I was like the new guy alllll over again. After about a week or so all the other deckies were pretty cool with us and we actually started having fun. It was also nice to be down in the "real world" for a while and have quite a few days in port, where I also met a girl Allison. Not exactly sure whats up with the whole thing, but we are going to keep talking. Lastly it was time to trek back to Alaska and start training the new guys here how to get underway. I sorta missed the ol girl (my boat) Im glad to be back for a while.. Next up, Bellingham Washington, then the Bering sea!

some pictures