Comments | shelly_rae: Full Steam Ahead or Shanghaid

shelly_rae

Full Steam Ahead or Shanghaid

Jun 16, 2013 11:40

Let's start with salient point first. I'm now officially a deck hand aboard the Virginia V, Lisabeula moored behind MOHAI on South Lake Union. She's a wooden steamship built in 1922 to work the waterways of Puget sound bringing people and goods to markets. 1922 was also the year Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamen's tomb--a connection that ( Read more... )

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cithra June 16 2013, 20:29:36 UTC

Too cool. Thanks for sharing the pics!!

shelly_rae June 20 2013, 04:41:37 UTC

You're welcome. Perhaps you'll come out for a voyage sometime. Yes?
Anon

cithra June 20 2013, 19:12:12 UTC

I hadn't even thought it was possible for me, but yes, it sounds like fun!

alumiere June 16 2013, 21:48:26 UTC

Neat! It looks gorgeous up there.

shelly_rae June 20 2013, 04:47:59 UTC

It was a gorgeous day full of sunshine. I didn't post this picture before. But yes the day was nice enough for a hot tub boat full of women in bikinis.

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criada June 17 2013, 15:19:26 UTC

Gorgeous!
I was on Bainbridge Island yesterday, and saw a flyer advertising a ride on the Virginia V for $125. You clearly got the better deal.

shelly_rae June 20 2013, 04:49:55 UTC

I did get a good deal even if I do scrub windows. That Bainbridge trip is once around the island narrated by their historical society. So I think it's a bit longer than an hour. I'll be working that day. Looking forward to going through the locks.
Anon