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Mar 20, 2007: Cleanup, Drilling and Sunset

The port worksite - actually probably closer to the Seabreeze Marina

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The Grace worksite - the last pier foundation, Mickey's Copco and Manny's crane

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Cleanup looking west

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Cleanup looking east

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Shock absorbing blankets

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Another view of the worksite

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Today, I don't know why, but this is Wade Watson's Bridge

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and Manny's crane

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and Mickey's Copco - set up for vertical drilling

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Then the sun began to say bye bye

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More of the sunset

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From Mt. Pleasant - a quiet sunset

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