Long Beach, California

[boiler]

[control panel]

[shaft]

[firehose]

[rudder post]

[steam pipes]

[above the boilers]

[turbine]

[more steam pipes]

John, of Gimme Samoa fame, is chief on the 900′ container ship Horizon Reliance. He usually runs between Honolulu and Long Beach and since we were near he invited us to come down for a tour. Peg, Cheyenne and I got to climb all over the ship with our cameras.

Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings released at Padre Island National Seashore (July 7th).

Male Broad-billed (Cyanthus latirostris)

Female Rufous (Salasphorus rufus)

Rio Rico, Arizona

I amused myself this morning at the hummingbird feeder.