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More wildlife |
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One of the rarer beasts seen along the ICW. |
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Cute Tug |
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Perfect vessel for the waterway. |
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WWI Landing Craft? |
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A training vessel moored in an ICW anchorage in Camp LeJeunne. |
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An Osprey sans feathers |
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The Marine's Osprey, 2 of them, put on quite a show. |
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Evening airshow |
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A chopper showed up just before dusk. |
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Whoa! |
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Quite the airshow, and close! |
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Doing it with flair |
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We saw dozens of landings. |
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Hiding out |
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The chopper drop site was about 300 yards away. |
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Watch out for artillery |
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The waterway closes for live firing. |
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Another target |
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The landscape is dotted with targets. |
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Core Creek Marina |
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Ruth could resist this shot. |
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Working waterway |
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Our daily tow. |
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We went Oriental |
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By chance we stayed here - 9 slips. |
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Bagels and coffee |
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Oriental has ~890 inhabitants. |
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Oriental Shrimp |
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A well maintained shrimping fleet is based here. |
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First biggie |
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The first large tow we've seen since Mobile. |
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Alligator River |
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This part of the river warns of logs and snags. |
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Make that a fast pass |
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A Navy Warship passes at speed with our approval. |
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Mean Machine |
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War ship says it all! |
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Northeasterner coming |
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We passed a vessel fighting up the Alligator River as a storm approaches. |
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