Pictures by Petty officer 2nd class Murphy

So he has a really nice camera and way more free time than me.. I really like his pictures

Week one of patrol

Well one week down, seven more to go. We finally made it up to Juneau for a couple days. The trip up doesnt actually take a long time, but we made a lot of stops and fishing and sightseeing along the way. Its going pretty well so far, everyone is still getting along for the most part and the watch rotation isnt to bad, at least untill they stuck me breaking in boatswains mate of the watch, so now im back on a 1 and 3 rotation, but hopefully I will get qualified quickly. Its not all bad though, I dont have to stand up on look out and drive the boat any more, now its my job to oversee the guys on helm and lookout, make rounds in and outside of the ship, be the first responder for casualties to the ship, and do whatever the officers tell me to do. Here are a few pictures I took on the way up! Oh and sweet picture in the Kokomo tribune! HA bet they dont get to many Bering sea photos, I will have to get a really good one for them as soon as we hit some nasty weather! Hope yall like!

Tom

DUDE mountain aka wallet stealer

So before we left to go on patrol we hiked up Dude Mountain, it was a fun mountain with a very nice view from the top. My friends and I had a good time going up and hanging out at the top (which was like a place out of a movie) but the hike down the me mountain was another story indeed. It started raining, it was steep, and I fell... Needless to say I lost my wallet out of my pants and all the contents inside of it, everything even my social security! woo.. Needless to say the moral of this story is to never leave your wallet on you while hiking! But I did get some cool pictures!

Back to Alaska

Well we finally made it back to good Ol Ketchikan Alaska. It took us three trys to leave Bellingham, but after a fuel leak, shaft problems, couple electrical fires, and a sweet stack fire we finally made it back! I am definatly glad to be done with the 9 hours work days and 1 and 3 duty sections, but after just being back in Alaska for a few hours we all wished we were back in Bellingham. Now its time for a couple weeks of down time untill we leave for our 2 month patrol of the Bering on Nov 15th. We have been given quite a few days off, so thats good, but still a lot to do before we leave! Looking forward to the crazy times to come while underway and seeing different parts of Alaska. Who knows whats going to happen over the patrol!? I will have plenty of pictures and video to share though! Till next time...

Tom

ps.. check out these two beauties, been a while since the ol girl has had these!