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Sailors belong on ships, and ships belong at sea

Many people are familiar with the saying, Sailors belong on ships, and ships belong at sea. A great saying, unless of course, you're the Sailor! =) So for our friends who don't know what Sailors do at sea (I won't go in to what Sailors do in port!), here are some pictures of Tobias' adventures.
They fish. This is a bull Mahi Mahi one of the guys on Tobias' boat caught while underway.
We're proud of Tobias' fish too, although it's no Mahi Mahi! This is actually a picture of Tobias peacock bass fishing in Panama.
And after they fish, they feast! Here's a fun steel beach picnic the guys enjoyed. When there's time, they golf. This is probably new to some of the old Sailors, but nowadays, Sailors enjoy Wii Golf! This is the skipper of Tobias' boat and a fellow pilot enjoying some golf.Ahh, yes... they sleep! This is Tobias' Air Boss taking a bit of snooze on the flight deck. I said I wouldn't go into what Sailors do in port, but this is G rated! About 20 guys from Tobias' boat volunteered at an orphanage in Panama City. Tobias swore that he tied about 100 pairs of shoes and gave about 50 piggy back rides.

And now that I've created the greatest recruitment tool the Navy could ever ask for, let me go into what Sailors do about 98% of the time... they work!A couple of Tobias' guys doing maintenance on the helo underway. This is Tobias' ship going through the Panama Canal. Tobias is now a proud card carrying member of the Order of the Ditch!They fly.And fly some more. Tobias is flying in all of these pictures. He's dropping off supplies in these pictures, there normally isn't a giant pallet of stuff dragging behind them when they fly.

Tobias is demonstrating HIFR (Helicopter In Flight Refueling). He's basically hovering next to the ship and the line up to the helicopter is giving them fuel. Obviously pretty dangerous, but also pretty cool!Although this makes a pretty picture - try to imagine sailing through this storm! Yikes!

While Tobias has to leave in a couple of days, we're really enjoying having him home!Have a good day at work, Dad. James and Tobias say good bye (for the day) earlier this week.Welcome home Daddy! James welcoming Tobias after he was at work all day.


This morning Tobias was involved in a retirement ceremony for a friend on his boat, so he had to get all dressed up. This picture is a redo of a picture taken (and posted) a couple months ago.James and Tobias goofin' around before Tobias left this morning. Happy times!

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Marthaa said…
Fabulous post! I loved the tutorial on what sailors do at sea (and in port!) - very educational and amusing, plus cool to know what Tobe's doing all this time! And I loved the pictures of Daddy and son... James looked so happy :)

Marth
July 18, 2008 at 9:08 AM
Debby said…
I can't believe how big he is getting and already out of the crib. He sure does smile alot.
Such big beutiful eyes.
August 8, 2008 at 8:40 PM
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