A Rear View I Don't Mind Seeing

Spanning the Savannah River is the Talmadge Memorial Bridge. It connects Georgia and South Carolina and ends up in a whole lot of tugboat pictures :)

Usually though, I am shooting upriver to catch the tugs sailing to or from  Georgie Ports. This past weekend, we rode though the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge and I was able to catch this "back view" of the bridge. This photo was taken on the refuge, facing toward the East and catching the opposite side of the bridge.

Happy Monday....Enjoy!

Gettin' All Up Close and Personal!!!!

We had family in town this week! Actually, it's Butch's family by blood, they just got stuck with me in the deal.( I can assure you I came out on the winning end of that equation!)

Anyway, since most of the crew had never been to our fair city, We spent some time down by the river. Butch was off work for most of their visit, and he was more than happy to explain river life to them as best he could. For people who don't live the life, it's a hard life to explain!

While we were walking from the parking lot down to the river walk, I saw one of the familiar yellow tugboats cruise by. (OK! OK! GEEZ! He isn't even here and I can hear Butch yelling at me no, more like correcting me , no........ hasseling me no, it's just "assisting me with proper terminology" that the boats are not yellow, they are BUFF! Whatever Mr. Man, they look yellow to me.

So here comes the yellow buff tugboat and of course I can't get there in time and corral the gang to identify which tug it was, but from a million yards away Butch quickly called out "It's the Florida!" which is his boat and in typical fashion, we were a day late and a dollar short. I looked upriver and low and behold, another  yellow buff tugboat was heading down river! It was Tug Bulldog! 

And because we are so veeeeeeery speical, some good fortune brought the tug very close to us, which delighted me and the two 5 year olds with us! I love tugs...truly I do. I love this life, and I love being a tugboat wife!

Time of Tides

This weekend we were preparing for extremely high tides in Coastal Georgia. Water was released from the Strom Thurmond dam, which sent water our way. That, combined with a full moon, all the rain we are getting, and an above average high tide last night left officials with the task of warning us of flooding on River Street and low lying areas.

I went down to River Street a couple days before the highest tide and took some photos. I thought you might be interested!

Storm clouds overhead. That's the Talmadge Bridge, which spans the Savannah River.

Warning signs on River Street

More warnings

Looking upriver towards Georgia Ports

The water was moving rather swiftly, although it doesn't look like it,

You can see how far the water was expected to rise to cover River Street

More water!

Luckily, Butch did not experience any hazardous conditions or have anything bad happen during the ensuing river rising! This is just another example of what people don't have to think about when they don't live a Tugboat Life as a Tugboat Wife! :) SO thankful to God for His protection!

Here is a link to the local news story on the flooding   .http://www.wtoc.com/story/22869123/us-corp-eng-warns-of-potential-savannah-river-flooding