A year and a half ago I started this blog. About a year ago I stopped writing. Sure, there were some reasonable explanations for that, working on a ship was hard enough without extra hobbies. But mostly, all of that was practice for when I got to where I am now: American Samoa. I will... Continue Reading →
Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula
A road trip to and from the coastal town on the northern tip of the Olympic Peninsula
Stratus Buoy Deployment and Recovery
As I mentioned in the start of this post, our current project involved recovering an old oceanographic research buoy and deploying a new one in its place. This is an annual recurrence and the buoy is part of what is called Stratus project, due to the persistent stratus clouds in this area. Stratus clouds are low... Continue Reading →
Week in Review and Weekend Sample, Part 2
The goings on of the past week.
Cloud Watching
When I look to the sky...