We love to picnic out on man-made
Shelter Island, but sometimes our harbor can be the emptiest of places. Much of the West Coast cargo goes to Long
Beach, San Pedro, or down into Mexico.
Here we get mostly cars from Asia though others come in by truck or
train. There are few bulkers in our
bay. We do have a visible tourist trade
that keeps the bay busy, and we have two maritime museums.
There are a lot of Navy
ships of all sorts. Once this year there
were four carriers in port at the same time.
Right now, in our neighborhood, we have one carrier and a few other
things like this supply ship. Further
down the bay, we have a variety of naval ships, and around the corner toward
the mouth of the bay, there’s the Sub base. I rarely see them.
I like a busy bay. Few cruise ships come in now that the cartels
in Mexico’s are so very dangerous. One
Disney ship this year so far. A few
others but no masses of them like there used to be. I miss them.
Looks like an interesting place.
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I'm beginning to fall in love with the oceans and ships. Lifts the spirit I find.
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