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September 19 Revisited

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:11:07 GMT

Death is the one inevitable, undeniable truth. Everything else can be questioned. In it lies the only mobility for man, and beyond it the only hope. James Dean

Farewell Richard. September 19, 2008 Jackson Blue

Entry for October 4, 2008

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:28:07 GMT

Doing the Galveston stretch on the boat isn't all bad. I occasionally get a visit from my lovely wife.

Entry for October 2, 2008 Bad news for Galveston Landmark

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:32:42 GMT

The Flagship Hotel took it very hard. There is no land access to the hotel, and there is a sign posing it as unsafe structure. We got better internet access on the boat today, so I posted some photos on my myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/deepsixman.

Entry for September 30, 2008

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:31:01 GMT

The last part of September found the Spree and I moored off Pier 21 (Willie G's basically) in Galveston. The remainder of the 2008 dive season has been cancelled to facilitate the boat's use as a platform for hurricane Ike relief. Basically we're housing the emergency responce team for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality who travels house to house and street to street looking for HAZMAT to be removed. In the meantime we of the Mighty Spree are sitting in the ship channel watching all manner of debris go back and forth in the tide. Debris includes containers, ladders, house portions, refrigerators, cattle and really just about everything you can think of that floats. Except for the appearance of the friendly dolphins everyday most of the other stories are sad. The team is working Bolivar now, and so many over there lost everything.

The featured photo here is of the Galveston Yacht Club. It's a mess as you can see.

Entry for June 14, 2008

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:14:22 GMT

We just got back from an excellent 4 day excursion to the DT's. This morning I dove a site in the park called Big Bommie. It was awesome, and not dived very often or even marked. There were goliath grouper and all manner of other fish everywhere. For fish density this was about as good as it gets. Sort of all made up for a painfully greasy evening spent with the Spree's 3 Detroit 1271 motors. I was cleaning the center engine, mostly with my clothes I think.

Entry for May 31, 2008

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:02:10 GMT

I have not been able to post many updates since being in the Dry Tortuga's. There is no high speed access for the boat, but this is an update via blackberry with a great characteristic picture of part of a reef in one of many hundreds of sites in the area. It's awesome, and it could only be better if Kelly was here with me.

Photo by Jiangang Luo.

Entry for April 19, 2008

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:49:31 GMT

I married a wonderful girl today. I love Kelly!

Entry for April 13, 2008

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:18:41 GMT

I have not posted a Maddie pic in some time. She happily cashed in on a few hours chasing birds and the ball till she was foaming at the mouth today.

Entry for April 11, 2008

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:35:14 GMT

Here is a rare picture of the Deep Six up in East Texas doing Flood Relief in San Augustine.

Entry for March 24, 2008

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:17:21 GMT

Just got back from a trip off shore that turned really nasty on the last day. A cold front and some ten foot waves wrecked a day at Stetson Bank. This picture of the other boat gives some scale to the waves.