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| August 30, 2007 |
Steel Beach
Today was a fascinating day. We left the Gulf of Panama at 7 AM, and by 5 PM we were sailing into the Caribbean, having passed through an engineering marvel. This huge ship, the USNS Comfort, was raised and lowered a height of 85 feet as it passed through two sets of locks on the transit through the Panama Canal. It was a day of fun on the ship, with a Comfort Idol contest, a live band, and a bar-b-que on the flight deck. When a bar-b-que is held on the flight deck, it's called Steel Beach. Fortunately for me, most people on the ship had already been through the Canal once, when the Comfort sailed south, so there was plenty of space along the rails for me to get a good view.
I'll post a some photos to our photo gallery once I arrive in Haiti and can use the GATR antenna. As it is, there is not enough bandwidth on the ship to easily upload the photos. Some of you were able to watch the Comfort pass through parts of the Panama Canal by viewing the Panama Canal web cams.
We sail all day Friday before we reach Haiti, our next stop. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to see our MAF program in that country.
Posted by David at August 30, 2007 07:22 PM