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Apr 29, 09 Comments Off
 curacao-coast-guard Good evening friends how is everyone doing? I went to work so tired this morning and had planned on riding after but just felt to drained to anything. Work was crazy busy being that tomorrow is one of the biggest celebrated days of the year in the Netherlands, it’s Queens Day! Aimee was off today and had to go do errands and she said it was a mess!! She said traffic was backed up at every light and the stores were full as they will all be closed now for two full days! Yes it happens quite a bit here, every holiday they close up the whole town including the grocery stores so if you want to make it thru until they re-open you need to stock up!
Your photo was taken Monday morning aboard one of the many built for speed Coast Guard/Navy boats that they use daily to patrol our shores! Being so close to South America drugs are the number one priority for the Navy and Coast Guard, their mission is to try and keep as much of it as they can from ever reaching our shores! Sounds like an impossible job doesn’t it, but I think they do pretty well. This boat I was on had two mega motors in the back and are some of the fastest boats of their kind on water, gotta catch those bad guys! Up ahead you see the largest bridge in Curacao and two big Navy ships at dock. The ship in the back was an American Destroyer and the one up front is the famous Van Amstel, remember I sent you those pictures when it came into Curacao for the first time?? This boat ride was great, they drove us all around the bay then under the big bridge past the Navy ships, in front of the colorful buildings in Punda and ending in Outrabanda what more could a photographer ask for?? I was able to get this shot because we were going so slow as we had VIP’s on board “not me of course” but they let me walk up front and snap away, usually when aboard you are strapped in and have to hold on for dear life.
Aimee just took off with Eveline to dog class, I am getting my bike gear ready for a long ride in the morning before it gets to hot and then take the dogs to the ocean a bit later. I’m out, bye now, Barry
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