FREEDOM

Yaking @ Anna Maria Island

Awesome week off at the Rod and Reel Motel.

Loaded down Mini.

View from the front door.

Miami Pumping Plant Job

1st trial run on the stands we built

The pumping truck moving into position

pouring 200 yards of concrete underwater

MacGyver Does Miami

A needle and thread

An old piece of bamboo

and you have a Peacock Bass from the urban canals

We flipped this 195' rust bucket over and media blasted it down to the "White Metal" and then gave it three coats of epoxy paint on the dry dock in Memphis, TN a few months ago. It took 5 1/2 of us plus a few hands from the USACE Memphis District almost a month.

Little House on the Prairie

Not quite the way I remember it.

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1st Three

My therapist suggested just to make them...

Not use them...

Your call Doc.

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Man Overboard

Just completed a man overboard drill going up river, they threw the
DUMMY overboard and The Three Stooges (Frank, Jeff and Jim)
jumped on the bow of the speed boat and sprang into action.

Grain Silo or Deer Camp

Redneck Ingenuity

If you listen closely you can hear banjos.

River Runner

Biggest ~~Boat~~ I mean Ship we have seen since we have been in New Orleans.

Almost as wide as it was long.

Vessel Name: MINERVA GEORGIA

Type / Built / Yard: OIL TANKER / 04-01-2008 / HHI

Deadweight: 163417 metric tons

Scantling Draft: 17.00 meters

LOA / LBP: 274.24 meters / 264 meters

Breadth: 50.00 meters

Depth: 23.10 meters

Flag: GREEK

Class: LLOYD'S REGISTER

GRT / NRT: 84914/53393

Machinery Particulars

Main Engine Type/ Model: HYUNDAI-MAN B&W / 6S70MC-C

MCR: 25320 BHP X 91 RPM

NCR: 22790 BHP X 87.9 RPM

Aux. Engines :

Type/ Model: HYUNDAI-MAN 8L23/30H

Number: 3 sets

Power Output (KW): 1040kW

at RPM: 720

Last Known Coordinates:

N29°55'16.51"

W090°14'16.86"

(29.9213, -090.2380)

Mat Boat

"Running a Gun" or as Bill Kelly said it was more like walking a gun.

The gun actually ties all the wires and cables together forming one concrete mat
a 130' wide and as long as you want it.

Natchez Trace Parkway

90 miles of "Freedom" stretching Jackson to Natchez, MS.
I cant wait to drive all of it!

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Monique

My new friend... well at least a place to hang my hat... ha ha!

Memphis Tennesee

Just made memphis, tow boat captain had to duck coming under this one. We got to get under one more then we are home free:-)

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1st Explosion

Bird point levee, or it used to be ;-)

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Soc-a-lait

Nice catch yesterday in a 20 acre pond in Edward's, 28 before the day was through.

The Unit

My Quarter Boat 9501. As soon as I get my access card/security check I will post some better photographs. I should be home 18th-21st, see you then.

A "State" of Mind rather than Room

Home Sweet Home

Sunday morning tug

Got my 1st look and feel of the Mississippi... Awesome but brrrr.

EDC

The items themselves may vary day to day, but for the most part this is my everyday carry.

My worst fear is dying and my wife selling all my stuff for what I told her it cost. unknown.

http://everyday-carry.com/

"Super Memories"

Although not of age to purchase this adult beverage after Super Bowl IX, but with no age restrictions at that time from pilfering it from my fathers stash and celebrating, not to mention 3 more ring's by the evening of 1/20/1980, Ahh... the last time I could call Pittsburgh PA. my home. Bradshaw, Bleier, Swann, Stallworth, Greene, Lambert and the amazing Franco Harris the "immaculate reception" definitely one of those where were you when that happened? moments. What a great finish to the NFL season, at least for me, born on the south side of Chicago (politically correct or not Jay Cutler is a Vagina!) summered in Wisconsin went to high school in Pittsburgh (School colors BLACK & GOLD)

and had a J E T S leather sleeved jacket as a kid,

(you would swear I was Joe Namath) at least that what I thought.

Well maybe not.

War Eagle!

Toomer's corner Auburn, Al.

Going to elementary school in the Great State of Alabama meant when your teacher asked, what do you want to be when you grow up? She didn't mean a doctor or an astronaut it was more important than a career, it was time to declare your allegiance "Roll Tide!" or "War Eagle!" and thank God I made the right choice.

My Mind Is Freewheeling

Some mornings when I awake it feels as though the night has been a war zone, a constant battle of good vs. evil, my mind a tattered collage of images the senseless ramblings of a madman! I have also noticed on more than one occasion my face seems to be showing the marks of a battle. Then it occurred to me...
Was it Possible? By day a mild mannered tradesman but by night
"The Real American Hero" GI Joe?
Judge for yourselves.

"Out Fished"

Well it was bound to happen, I usually pick my fishing partners more carefully
(and with less skill/luck) call it fate or destiny either way at the end of the day I got schooled.