Two separate parties sent me this article from the LA Times. With a title including the phrase “humble tugboat,” I was interested but not prepared for the fantastic photos. Thx John and George. Enjoy. Meanwhile, here are some more of my recent photos.
James D. Moran assisting on a towline above and Robert Weeks leaving the fuel dock below,
Andrea walled off from her barge above and Sarah Ann light below,
Gregg McAllister returning to base and Pegasus heading to work,
A light William Brewster and an equally light Daisy Mae,
Mackenzie Rose and Philadelphia, and
to close out this installment . . . Kimberly Turecamo assisting a ULCV.
All photos, WVD, who never associated the adjective “humble” with tugboats or their operators, and that’s not a bad thing.
If you’re new to this blog (or even if you are not), I’m always looking for photos from other people and places, especially, tugboats seen in South America, Asia, Oceania, and Australia.
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January 10, 2022 at 12:20 pm
Daniel Meeter
Ja, excellent account, brilliant photos.
January 10, 2022 at 2:16 pm
vivian
Thanks for that link, the nighttime photos are beautiful. The narrative both asks and answers the big question: Do we really need all these possessions? My friend Trudie’s great grandmother was told to pick up her little brother and the family sewing machine and run south, and don’t stop running, during some ferocious clearing out of a village by hostiles in Fujian, China. Trudie’s great grandfather left Fujian Province to go to Malaya to work on rubber plantations several years after his big sister saved him. What would anyone carry out of a burning building or village. Instant Pots and Toaster Ovens?