Busy, Busy...

Yesterday was a 13 hour day. I've been told to expect a steady dose of those. Mother Nature hasn't been real kind - there's been quite a bit of precip, and more expected for the next 5 or 6 days. Fortunately, the passengers understand... even the ones who are doing the breakfast or dinner cruises.

Here's a look at the breakfast cruise...

The cruise boat at the dock on Elk Island (the small boat is the crew boat for the chefs)...


Then, we walk the guests up onto the island...


They congregate around a campfire to get some direction on the meal and some hikes on the island...


Off to the fresh food being prepared on the grille...


You can just see some of the picnic tables set up in the background. The meals are outstanding, the view is spectacular.

After the meal, the guests can gather around the campfire once again or do some hiking. This morning there was a light rain that started after we ate; I gave the guests the choice of more time on the island or more time cruising on the boat... they chose the boat.

Here's the view out my "office" window...


Today, we had Coast Guard inspections. After thoroughly checking out the boats, they took captains and first mates out for evaluation. I checked out fine, but it would have been a real bad day on the boat if the drills had been real... man overboard conscious, man overboard unconscious, child overboard, fire in the cabin, fire outside the cabin, engine fire, different safety scenarios. We are good to go, but after lifting all the engine covers, pulling up the cockpit floor, and demonstrating boat checks, I was plenty tired at the end of the day.

And a day off tomorrow.