F/V American Triumph, 285 ft., 4294 tons, midwater trawler fishing Alaska Pollock and West Coast Hake. #pier90 #portofseattle #americanseafoods #fishing #seattle #pnw #alaska #seafood #instagram #igers (at Pier 90)

Comings & Goings, 3 Ferries. #seattle #wsf #elliotbay #seattlewaterfront #psquare #boats #workboats #pnw #igers #instagram (at Pioneer Square Seattle)

10-ton Ice Cube "A temporary installation designed by Olson Kundig." #ok_icecube #psquare #seattle #streetphotography #occidentalsquare #pnw #art #olsonkundig #instagram #igers (at Occidental Park, Pioneer Square)

M/V Hyak, Seattle's nautical commute. #wsf #washingtonstateferries #hyak #portofseattle #elliotbay #seattle #pnw #blackandwhite #instagram #igers (at Seattle Waterfront)

Leaving New Orleans - MSY. Code named for daredevil aviator John Moisant, who died in 1910 in an airplane crash on agricultural land where the airport is now located. Its IATA code MSY was derived from Moisant Stock Yards. At only 4.5 feet (1.4 m) above sea level, MSY is the 2nd lowest-lying international airport in the world. #neworleans #msy #leavingneworleans #northbound #alaskaair #nola #instagram #igers (at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)

"A man builds the best of himself into a boat—builds many of the unconscious memories of his ancestors...This is not mysticism, but identification; man, building this greatest and most personal of all tools, has in turn received a boat-shaped mind, and the boat, a man-shaped soul." ~ John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez #fourchon #bayou #louisiana #gulfofmexico #boat #lifesahitch #workboats #storm #instagram #igers #steinbeck #seaofcortez (at Port Fourchon Gateway to the Gulf)

Crack of dawn, sunrise over the bayou. #fourchon #louisiana #gulfofmexico #workboats #sunrise #summerheat #lifesahitch #boat #instagram #igers (at Port Fourchon, Louisiana)

Storm clouds and construction vessels. #fourchon #louisiana #gulfofmexico #workboats #lifesahitch #storm #darkclouds #boats #instagram #igers (at Bollingers Shipyard Port Fourchon, Louisiana)

R. N. WEEKS is a hopper dredger built in 1987 with a home port of New York, NY. The dredger is 88m length overall with a beam of 16m and 3104 gross tons. #fourchon #louisiana #dredge #workboat #lifesahitch #bayou #boat #instagram #igers (at Fourchon)

Making shrimp gumbo today for the crew's supper. Grateful to GC for patiently teaching me the art of crafting real Cajun file' gumbo: After reducing onions, smoked sausage and spices into a broth, remember to ladle excess oil off to allow the flavor of bay leaves and file' to land fresh on the tongue. This is Dulac gumbo which is unique and better than the gumbos of Bayou LaFeet and Bayou LaFourche. Most importantly, GC taught me, that New Orleans' gumbo is not anything close to real Cajun bayou gumbo! #gulfofmexico #louisiana #cajun #gumbo #southerncooking #bayou #cooking #workboat #boats #iphone #instagram #igers #lifesahitch (at Fourchon)

"10 feet on the bow, bring'er in!" Tight fit? Good to have a sharp A/B on the bow calling out clearance to the boat ahead. #humansatsea #boats #gulfofmexico #fourchon #deckhand #workboats #hardworker #blackandwhite #instagram #igers #inked (at Fourchon)

Nuclear rain. Dawn breaks as the sun sucks up moisture forming dark laden clouds. Soon the moisture is dumped right back to sea. #gulfofmexico #louisiana #offshore #workboat #sunrise #rainclouds #watercycle #instagram #igers (at Offshore Gulf Of Mexico)

M/V Island Enforcer at the lucky rainbow's end. In Norse Mythology, a rainbow, called the Bifröst Bridge, connects the realms of humans with the realm of the gods. #gulfofmexico #fourchon #louisiana #rainbow #workboat #subsea #dp #instagram #igers (at Port Fourchon Gateway to the Gulf)

M/V Cat Island inbound Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana. #gulfofmexico #fourchon #louisiana #humansatsea #boats #marinelife #lifesahitch #dp #workboats #instagram #igers (at Port Fourchon, Louisiana)

Work commute. #gulfofmexico #helicopter #sikorsky #rainclouds #lifesahitch #louisiana #humansatsea #explore (at Gulf of Mexico)

Southbound. #alaskaair #seatac #nola #lifesahitch #workboats #explore #humansatsea #seattle #instagram #igers (at Sea-Tac International Airport)

Transform. #homeless #opiates #streetlife #breadoflife #psquare #seattle #downtown #blackandwhite #instagram #igers (at Bread of Life Mission)