April 1, we left Norfolk, VA for Zimbabwe. April fools! We actually went to Miami.
I was excited to get moving!
Here are the navy personnel manning in the rails. The dark blue (actually looks black to me) is their winter uniform. It was very windy and at least 1 sailor lost his hat to the water below. The navy band played and the tug boats pulled and a little crowd (probably families) waved from shore.
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| Posing with the camera man. I thought his outfit was pretty spiffy. |
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| Here are the tug boats. They had 3. I was surprised at how small they were considering the size of our ship, but they did the trick. Notice the people on shore. |
Wow, that really tugs at the heartstrings when the ship leaves. What I'm noticing is how high up you must be! Those tugboats look a long way down!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Is that camera man LDS? You know we're all thinking that.....;) winkwinik
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