Juneuary

June has been a bit of a let down here in Washington.  Some beautiful days in May got our hopes up for a nice June but it has been slow to deliver.  We have still been able to get out to some buoys to conduct field work.  I apologize for the recent blog silence, but last Friday a buoy was serviced and pictures were taken so here we go!

Morning Traffic

After dealing with some vehicle problems in the morning we made it to the ferry and got the day going.  The sun was out and the winds were calm.  We were in for a nice day on the water.  Pulling away from Seattle we got a good view a new project taking place on the city's waterfront.  They are building a huge Ferris wheel right on the water!

Seattle new Ferris Wheel

After picking up the boat we made it out to the buoy and took care of some business.  First we addressed the intermittent communication issue.  It was an easy fix since we had the problem narrowed down to the PC card in the buoys computer.  Next we got the oceanographic instruments on the boat and cleaned them up.

Cleaning it up!

We got the package back in the water and took some water samples to calibrate our instruments.  It was another long day on the water but we got some good work done and the weather was quite enjoyable.  We also saw quite a few porpoises, sorry no photos, I'll try to get a shot next time...