So I'm sitting at the Seaway Terminal Dock in Port Huron, a place I've driven by hundreds if not thousands of times, but looking at it from the other side. I just got done with watch. I'm on the 12-4 watch which means I work from 12AM to 4AM and 12PM to 4PM. I've adapted pretty well to the watch schedule, which is basically one short nap and one long nap.
We've had a good trip so far. We've been remarkably lucky on Superior, for several days it was calm like a pond. However, the trip down from the Sault to Port Huron was pretty rocky. Our training ship doesn't handle seas particularly well, so the 8-10 ft. waves produced 15-20 degree rolling on the ship, with plenty of pitching for good measure. But we survived, and now I get to make the historic trip down the St. Clair and Detroit rivers getting to wave to my hometown and flip off the Ren Cen all at the same time. (Flipping off the RenCen in joyful defiance, not anger for any of my dear readers who happen to still work there.)
Anyway, its been a good trip and I've learned quite a bit. Now I'm looking forward to getting off of the Training Ship and getting onto a commercial vessel.
Mandy was just commenting to me the other day how she'd like to take a trip and sail all of the Great Lakes. Glad to see the risk to do what you love is paying off well!