May 30, 2006 - Steam Time! Options

[Ruth_Cooper]

MAY 27, 2006 - STEAM TIME!!!

TODAY, I WAS VERY LUCKY TO GET A TOUR FROM THE CAPTAIN (DAN OLIVER) HIMSELF! WE STARTED AT THE ENGINE EXHAUST STACKS, ON THE 4TH FLOOR (WHERE I LIVE) AND HEADED WAAAAY DOWN! AT THE END, WE ENDED UP IN THE ENGINE ROOM & HEADED TO THE LAB TO SHOW MY MOM HOW DIRTY WE WERE!!! I’LL GIVE YOU A PERSONAL TOUR!

FIRST WE GO AND MEET CAPTAIN AND HEAD UP TO THE ENGINE EXAUSAT STACKS. SUDDENLY, YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU FORGOT YOUR CAMERA IN YOUR ROOM! YOU LEAVE CAPTAIN IN THE DUST (AND THE COLD) AND RUN BACK TOYOUR ROOM! AFTER YOU GET YOUR CAMERA, YOU RUN BACK UP TO THE CAPTAIN. THAT’S WHEN YOU NOTICE THAT THE DOOR IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE DOORS YOU’RE USED TO ON THE SHIP! YOU ASK TH CAPTAIN WHY, & HE TELLS YOU THAT THE DOOR IS LIKE THIS BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE GO IN THEM!!! I HAVN’T NOTICED OTHER DOORS LIKE THIS IN THE KITCHEN STORAGE ROOM.


HERE IS THE DOOR THAT WE WENT INTO! IT TOOK AWHILE 2 GET IN!!! ALSO, YOU CAN SEE CAPTIN’S HAND, WAVING AT YOU!!!

AFTER WE FINALLY GOT THROUGH THE DOOR, I SAW THAT THERE WERE LOTS & LOTS OF THINGS IN THERE!! THERE WERE ALSO LOTS OF STAIRS THAT WE WOULD, EVENTUALLY, DECEND. (CLIMB DOWN!)


THERE I AM CLIMBING DOWN ONE OF THE MANY LADDERS!!!

AFTER A SOME MORE STAIRS, WE GOT TO A FLOOR WHERE THE CAPTAIN STOPPED TO SHOW ME SOMETHING INTERESTING! IT WAS A LITTLE LATCH THAT LEAD TO AN AIR-FILTERING ROOM. THE LATCH WAS IF THE AIR-FILTER BLEW UP, YOU COULD ESCAPE! (LUCKILY, IT DIDN’T BLOW UP WHILE I WAS IN THERE!) THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER PLACE THAT YOU COULD ESCAPE FROM! THIS ONE WAS AN ACTUAL DOOR! WE WENT IN AND QUOTING PATTY, “PICTURES TELL ALL!”


THIS IS ME, ENTERING THROUGH THE LATCH! HERES CAPTAIN OPENING THE SECOND ESCAPE ROUTE. THE DOOR ALMOST KNOCKED HIM OVER!!!


THERE ARE LOTS OF MACHINES!!!

OF COURSE, ALL OF THESE MACHINES ARE:


ONE MACHINE WE SAW WAS THE AUXILLARY DEISEL GENERATOR. ONE TIME IT BLEW UP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE IT!!!


WHEN IT BLEW UP, IT HIT SOME THINGS & MADE DENTS. IF YOU DON’T BELIVE ME, LOOK AT THESE PICTURES!!!!!

WHILE I WAS GETTING A TOUR, CAPTAIN GOT PAGED! LUCKILY, HE DIDN’T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A PHONE IN THE ROOM!


HERE IS A PAGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED TO SEE ONE!)

HERE IS CAPTAIN MAKING HIS PHONE CALL!!! (HE DIDN’T KNOW THAT I WAS TAKING A PICTURE!)

HERE I AM IN THE “PHONE BOOTH”!!



AND HERE IS THE “PHONE BOOTH” ALL ALONE!


AFTER WE EXPLORED THAT ROOM ( AND CAPTAIN ANSWERED HIS PAGER) WE WENT BACK THROUGH THE TINY ESCAPE ROUTE.


HERE I AM, TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE HOLE!

CAPTAIN WAS A LITTLE MORE GRACEFUL! NOT!!!


HERE THE CAPTAIN DRIVES THE SHIP! (NOT REALLY! HE’S ACTUALLY CLOSES UP THE ESCAPE ROUTE!)


HERE THE CAPTAIN TRIES, UNSUCCESFULLY, TO CLEAN!

I’M NOT KIDDING! THERE ARE ACTUALLY BROOMS DOWN THERE!

LIKE ANYONE COULD CLEAN THIS!!! THAT’S ALL DIRT! AND THAT’S A CLEAN SPOT!!!

AFTER WE DID THAT, WE WENT TO THE ENGINE ROOM! WE DIDN’T SPEND MUCH TIME IN THERE, SO I DIDN’T GET ANY PICTURES! I’M TRYING TO GET JEFF JACKSON TO GIVE ME A TOUR, SO HOPFULLY, I’LL HAVE A TOUR BEFORE I GET OFF IN DUTCH HARBOR! TO FINISH OFF THIS JOURNAL, I’LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF US, AFTER THE TOUR!!!

NOTICE THE PINK CAMERA BAG THAT CAPTAIN IS HOLDING! AND NO, THAT IS NOT BLOOD TRAILING FROM LIP, IT IS A TWIZZLER!

AND THE FINAL PICTURE!!!AFTER THIS, I WENT TO A TALK ABOUT EIDERS BY JIM LOVVORN!!!