Drill, Baby, Drill!

That’s a phrase from the oil country in Alaska. It also applies here in the Gulf. At the port in Brownsville, they build and refurbish oil platforms. And to get them out in the Gulf, they tow them... down the ship channel, past our island, and out into the Gulf. It’s an interesting “dance” between the platform and the tug boats moving it.

This morning, just as the sun was coming up, I got to watch that dance out in the Gulf. It was one of those rare days with very little wave action... just a smooth undulating swell; I had the windows open in the boat and didn’t get a drop of splash in them. Beautiful!





I stayed out there for a while, mesmerized by the warm sunrise and the huge platform. To give you some perspective, those “little” boats in the photo above are about 80 - 90 foot ocean tugs.
As the sky turned from warm to pick, I headed back in... with the autopilot on, standing at the center window, enjoying the breeze that the forward motion of the boat was creating... a really great way to start the day.