Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Suez: The Going
Just for Joshua
And So It Goes...
And verily, the IKE did sail in boxes for weeks on end, occasionally visiting a hot, dusty dirka port. Bahrain was fine, good food, nice to have a Navy base to step onto. Dubai again, same hotel, different golf course, same ridiculous skyline. And then cameth the Fourth of July, celebrated on board whilst transiting the Red Sea en route to the Suez Canal. I can't say that getting to hit golf balls off the flight deck made this whole cruise worth it, but it certainly fulfilled one of my latent golf wishes.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Swim Call

Having a nice reliable internet connection here in Lisbon (don't let the date on this post throw you) allows me to reach way back into the middle parts of cruise to finally post of few of the goings on. We had a swim call off of elevator 3 a couple of months ago. You might not think 35 feet is that far, but it is. You also might think, "Daniel, you big sissy, why are you holding your nose?". The answer, of course, is that the ship's instruction said we had to and there was someone at the edge making sure that 100% compliance was obtained.

Saturday, April 25, 2009
Dubai Golf
A highlight of our recent port visit to Dubai was a round of golf at Arabian Ranches. I brought my golf clubs all the way to the other side of the world and I was going to make sure they got used.



Thursday, April 16, 2009
Overheard
These lyrics floated down from on high whilst I was walking around the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, UAE:
"Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken..."
Nashville's finest serenading the Emirates.
"Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken..."
Nashville's finest serenading the Emirates.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Suez Chop
Marseilles, France
Early Deployment

Saturday, March 07, 2009
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