The Minnow, 2008

Oahu to Midway to Attu to Valdez to Washington, or "What I did on my Summer Vacation"

Our Route

We took off from Oahu on June 12, sailed to Midway Atoll, and stayed there about a week.

From Midway we went to Attu Island, at the west end of the Aleutians. We followed the Aleutians to the North American mainland, and on to Prince William Sound.

Everybody else who started had left the boat by the time Bob got to Cold Bay. Something about personal hygiene. Mike Fullerton got on at Dutch Harbor. Mike Webster returned and Bob headed home from Valdez, two months after we launched from Hawaii. The Minnow eventually made it down the coast to Everett, Washington where it enjoyed the winter.

You can read the Minnow Blog at http://hmsminnow.blogspot.com

Here are a few pictures I took of normal vacation stuff -- sharks and butterflies and volcanic eruptions:

Kaula Rock, Hawaii

6/15/2008
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A tiger shark tries to grab a fledgling albatross off Midway Island. The albatross eventually escaped.

6/23/2008
A Fairy Tern at Midway

6/23/2008
Albatross at Midway Airport

6/22/2008
Mike, Josh, and Melinda at Welles Harbor, Midway Atoll

6/25/2008
Birds off Gillon Point, Agattu Island

7/9/2008
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This C-130 took off from Attu while we were there. Check out the spiral vapor trails behind the props. Melinda took this picture.

7/10/2008
Gun with gunner, Kiska Island. This is a Japanese gun from World War II.

7/12/2008
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A chick on the beach at Semisopochnoi Island

7/14/2008
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Falls on Kanaga Island

7/16/2008
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Killer Whale! Also, Orca. Several of them were east of Bobrof.

7/17/2008
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The northeast rim, Kasatochi, three weeks before the eruption.

7/19/2008
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A flower on Kasatochi Volcano. It was up on the rim. The volcano erupted big-time three weeks later.

7/19/2008
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Steller Sea Lion, Kasatochi, three weeks before the eruption.

7/20/2008
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The birds would fly around in a flock like this and then dive into the water, underwater, either to eat something or because they like swimming. Kaniuji Island.

7/20/2008
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Mount Cleveland Eruption

7/21/2008
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A dark cloud was on the horizon... Ash from Okmok Volcano

7/23/2008
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Photographer, Unalaska Island

7/23/2008
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These caves at Battery Point, Akutan Island are big. We took the dinghy in the one on the right with the collapsed roof. One of them on the left has a tunnel opening to the rear that we went through.

7/25/2008
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Basalt Rock

7/26/2008
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Flying torpedo

7/26/2008
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Eagles, Middle Lagoon, Morzhovoi Bay

7/28/2008
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Frosty Volcano and the Minnow, Morzhovoi Bay

7/28/2008
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Horned Puffins, Amagat Island

7/30/2008
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Sea Otters, Simeonof Island

8/1/2008
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Birds on Lighthouse Rocks

8/2/2008
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The Whale's Tail, Afognak Island - humpback whale.

8/8/2008
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Some sea creature at Stripe Rock, Kodiak

8/6/2008
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Northwestern Fiord

8/9/2008
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Northwestern Fiord

8/9/2008
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