Warm Christmas Day.......

Our Location: Devencrest Rv Park, Albany, GA

Wonderful night for sleeping with the vent open, and I must say those sleigh bells didn't wake me up at all. The old man was pretty quiet. ~laugh~ 

This morning found us up and making scrambled eggs and bagels by 7:30 am. Dishes done by 8 am, out the door shortly afterwards. Walked again at RSG, it's a fantastic place to walk and we enjoy the variety of things that seem to catch our eye as we walk. Today's pics are all from RSG. 

Sun's rays beaming thru the trees this morning in the old Casino Parking Lot at RSG. 

We were surprised at the number of people out and about this morning as we walked. Two gas stations within a mile of each other were open as well. I found that to be a bit strange but who knows why it was that way. 

The pictures were taken with my phone and don't do the beams justice. They were so radiant in real time but it isn't being picked up here. 

A few people out and about walking when we arrived at the park this morning. They have outdoor exercise equipment that is free to use, each station has it's own instructions as to how to use the station. It's interesting in that you use your own body weight as your 'weight'. They all have a place to stand  which then acts as a counter to the machine. Amazing how much a person actually weighs when they start working out. ~laugh~ 

This picture is here for a couple of reason, it's not the best picture but I thought I would include it anyway. We thought this was fog (which we often times have here in the morning. It hangs in the trees and not on the roadway at times.), and I thought it was an interesting picture with the tops of the trees showing over the top of the fog. That should have clued me in right there wouldn't ya think? ~laugh~ Note the blue sky above the 'fog'. It's actually smoke from two smokers in the back yard of a house on the left. ~laugh~ That is one thing that is very common down here, SMOKERS. Everyone seems to have at least one, often more than one. The other thing about this picture is the height of the pine tree on the right. Can you see the utility pole in front of that tree? There is more to the top of the pine tree that I couldn't fit in the picture frame. These pines are super tall and soooooo straight. 

More sunbeams through the trees, and that big bright spot is of course the sun!!! ~laugh~ 

Home after our walk we changed into short pants, t's and went outside to read in the sunshine. It was absolutely fabulous. I sat outside for a long time reading. We had talked to my dad before we left home for our walk, talked to both my brother and my sister while on our walk. We had plans to skype with oldest daughter/sister before 3:00 pm, and talk with middle daughter/sister between 3 - 3:30 pm, all of these folks live/were in Ontario, Canada. Oldest daughter actually lives in Lausanne, Switzerland but was back in Ontario to visit her husband's family and numerous friends they have in the area. I also called my sister-in-law in California this afternoon but only managed to get her machine. Not sure if she was golfing or cooking because she was hosting Xmas Dinner this year.  Also sent a text to a nephew (late husband's brother's son), he and his family are in California at Disney World for the holiday season.

Once again this odd pine tree as you can see in this terrible picture, the growth is pretty well all one sided and the tops seem to bear out that old saying, 'chop off the head and three more will take it's place". ~laugh~ 

Around 4:30 pm I walked over to the clubhouse to retrieve our bird and prepare it for the oven. Rosemary, thyme, oregano, and parsley on the bird before we popped it in the oven at 325F with no cover just before 5 pm. Over the next couple of hours I basted it with it's own juices and it came out of the oven around 7 pm a beautiful golden brown. We also had mashed potatoes (with chicken broth instead of butter and milk), steamed veggies with oregano and thyme, bread stuffing, biscuits, and Too Much Fun Ice Cream, which is chocolate tracks and vanilla tracks all in the same container. MMMM....good stuff and the main course wasn't bad either. ~laugh~ 

Our Christmas Day selfie at Radium Spring Gardens at the end our walk. 

After dinner we washed enough dishes to do a family of 10. ~laugh~ It seemed that way at least. Since we didn't eat until almost 8 pm we didn't get things all cleaned up until almost 9 pm. We aren't certain the whole thing was worth it, and perhaps next time we'll just do the biscuits and ice cream and forget the other stuff. ~laugh~ 

Dew drops on the palm fronds catching their shine from the suns beams above. Very pretty as we walked past. 

So ends our first Christmas in warm weather. We had a great day and look forward to more Christmas' like this one. 

I hope your day has been filled with lots of good food, loving family, and friends, peace and joy, but most of all love and acceptance. 

So until next time..Thanks for stopping by, feel free to leave a comment. 

Be safe, take care......

Sunny, warm Christmas Eve....

Our Location: Devencrest Rv Park, Albany, GA

A fabulous day, one of our best ones yet. The overnight temps stayed warm, around 51 F/ 10 C, which was comfortable for sleeping. When we left for our walk around 9:30 am it had warmed up a bit and we only needed light sweaters. Our walk was once again at Radium Spring Gardens (RSG), it is  such a lovely spot. All of today's pictures are taken there. 

 Many Magnolia trees grace the lands here in Georgia and this one is extremely eye catching with bright green on the top and an almost rust coloured brown on the underside of the leaves. I believe this tree would have a white flower, but I'm not certain of that. 

             

I have no idea what kind of tree this is but the berries/flowers are a much brighter orange than they appear in the picture. There are loads of berries/seeds in each cluster. It appears more bush than tree as the foliage is dense and reaches all the way to the ground with no stump or trunk showing.

This tree had multiple bunches of these berries on it, they look similar to blueberries but I'm not sure what they are and wasn't interested in tasting them to find out. ~laugh~

 

 

We are always stepping on acorns when we walk, they fall from the Live Oak trees that are everywhere here. The Live Oak is always green, never goes dormant. As you can see the acorns are very small and crush easily under foot.     

Pine Straw (below) is often baled in small square bales and sold as mulch, it can be seen at the foot of many trees and covering many flower beds for insulation against cold nights or light freezes.                           

To the left is Spanish Moss, a close up look. It is filled with some kind of little bugs so handling it isn't advised. It is long and almost wispy up close as you can see. Long center stems with many offshoots or branches. It is varying shades of greeny grey. The older it gets, or the more it takes over the greyer and thicker it gets.

After our walk around the RSG area we came back home and changed into short pants, sleeveless t's and enjoyed the sunshine. Riley had to go back inside as it was too hot for her in the sun. Even the shade was warm and sticky, as the humidity was high. No complaints though, it was still just wonderful. We even put our awning out and played around with how it works (instead of just in and out, we tried lowering one edge, lowering the whole thing, etc), kids with a new toy. ~laugh~ 

Riley has been reading Envy by Sandra Brown, she seems to be enjoying it. I've started Flesh and Blood by Jonathan Kellerman. I've read it before but can't remember the ending, so I'll read it again. Nice way to spend Christmas Eve Day, reading outside in the sunshine. 

We bought a frozen Butterball turkey a few days ago and I've had it in the office refrigerator and today thought I'd better have a look at it. It was still completely frozen, I was surprised there was no thawing of any kind. I think Steve may keep his fridge too cold. ~laugh~ With Roger's aid I moved it into the Clubhouse (he has the key!! It wasn't that the turkey was that big!!) and into a sink of cold water. Checking it a few times over the course of the afternoon and early evening to ensure it's thawing. As of about 6:30 pm it is in the fridge in the Clubhouse, totally thawed and waiting for it's trip to the oven tomorrow. 

This is the view up the trunk of a Georgia Pine in RSG. ~laugh~ Isn't it so straight? It's very, very tall, I can't even begin to guess how tall. 

This tree truly caught my imagination. What a story it would tell if it had a voice. Do you see that one very long limb? It has about 3 heads and all of them are bent. All of the growth of any significance is on the same side of the tree. Two huge branches look to have been cut off from around the bottom of the tree, you can barely see them in the picture but they are the white marks lower down on the trunk. It is the only evergreen tree I've seen that isn't truly straight and equally shaped down here. I'm sure there are others but this one looks so out of place at RSG due to it's unique shape. That one branch makes me wonder what kind of story this tree would tell.

The Dogsled among the Georgia Pines. The trees in the pic have had the tops cut off in this picture but are probably that high again out of the picture. (Understand that measurement? ~laugh~) Makes my little Dogsled seem so tiny, don't ya think?

Dinner tonight was sort of a leftover but with new extras added, so I'm not sure if it was new or old. ~laugh~ Remember the other night I went for soup dinner at the clubhouse? I brought home some veggie soup and tonight I jazzed it up with some fresh veggies, some salsa, a bit of BBQ sauce, topped with shredded cheese when served and it was an excellent meal for us. It had a wee kick and was truly enjoyable. 

This used to be the stone entrance gate way to the parking lot at the Casino at Radium Spring Gardens, circa 1925. 

We walk past this gateway entrance each time we walk at RSG. The stone work is much the same as inside the gardens and always fascinates me. I have no idea if the rocks are local or not but I just love the way they've pieced it together. 

This curve in the road is actually in the old parking lot and we walk past the stone work above to get to this area. This paved half loop stretches between Holly Drive and Radium Spring Road. The stone work is on Radium Spring Road. If you look straight ahead you will see a number of taller pines, the Dogsled in the picture above is parked under THOSE pines. (not in this picture of course). This gives you a better idea of the height of the trees.  I took this pictures yesterday, Dec 23. 

After dinner, doing the dishes, and tidying up we played a game of Yahtzee. I won..I won...I won. ~laugh~ I think the trick for me to winning is to roll the dice first. ~laugh~ I even managed to roll a Yahtzee. I know, good for me, right? ~laugh~ 

I took this picture a couple of days ago with my phone and just uploaded it today. Looks a bit like icicles doesn't it?  It's Spanish Moss with the sunlight behind. Below the tree is water, not grass or mud, but the river. I just thought it was a great photo. 

Surprise....it's US!!! We don't normally do Selfies, but thought we'd throw one in just to annoy folks. ~laugh~  I'm not sure where the stupid look on my face came from but in the other one I had my mouth open, so this one was the best possible 'bad's shot. ~laugh~ As you can see we are having a good time.

So ends another day here in our winter adventures. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit. Feel free to leave a comment. 

I would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas. May the joy of this season bring to your home peace, good health, happiness, love and joy throughout the holiday season and the upcoming year. 

Do you hear those sleigh bells??????

Until next time...be safe, take care....

Quiet day......

Our Location: Devencrest Rv Park, Albany, GA

Mild today, over night temps were in the high 40's F/ 8 or 9 C, with today warming up to a high of 66 F/18 C. A bit on the cool side but nothing like back home in Canada. Sun shine this morning but clouded over and remained that way for most of the day. After our morning chores and tidying up we decided that a walk was not  on the agenda today. I've been having a great deal of hip/back/neck pain the last couple of days and I'm hoping another of day of rest might help ease that pain. We pulled out the last movie in the Trilogy Lord of the Ring, Return of the King and watched it. Always a treat to see good acting. 

After lunch I crawled back into bed and slept the afternoon away. I felt better when I came down stairs and the pain hasn't returned. Hopefully it stays this way! We shall see.

Dinner was a variety of steamed veggies, mashed potatoes, and crispy herb chicken. Cleaned up after dinner, finished my book and before I knew it was it was already after 9 pm. Time to write this blog. The day passed in a blur but I'm certain tomorrow will be a more active day!!

Pictures today are from South Carolina, including Colleton State Park, and Patriots Point. 

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Fried Chicken kind of day....

Our Location: Devencrest Rv Park, Albany, GA

A fantastic day here, warm, sunny and hardly any wind this morning. Temps reached about 78 F / 25 C this afternoon. A near perfect day by my standards. 

A walk this morning netted us some great pics before the battery in the camera died. We walked at Radium Springs Garden (RSG). So today's pics are from there.

We started our morning doing the loop at RSG including the old parking lot, we went 3 1/2 times around which took us about 1 hr and 15 minutes. I should get a fit bit to monitor the distance. It was a wonderfully warm morning and we started by unzipping sweaters and then finally taking them off and going in just a long sleeve shirt. It was discovered while walking that I had on Riley's shirt, not sure how that happened but oh well...I kept it on until we made it back home. ~laugh~ No worries I wasn't baring anything. It wasn't THAT warm. 

After our walk we grabbed the camera out of the Dogsled (truck) and headed into the gardens. The colours you see are the natural colours, I didn't fool around with any of the pictures, just cropped 'em. In the pic above the stairs are definitely southern aren't they? Long graceful sweeping center staircases.

                                                                                           

A little history on RSG.

 Radium in the water makes the water that greenish/bluish colour. It's still kind of murky but it's getting better. People used to swim in this water, it is a constant warm temp all year of 68 f/ 20 C degrees. It is a natural spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of water per minute from a underground cave.Radium is 1,000 more times radioactive than uranium.It occurs naturally in certain types of earth and is extremely rare. Uniquely, it is luminescent and glows in a faint blue color.

In 1925 a man named Barron G. Collier bought the property and spent approximately $1,000,000. The development included a casino and
bathhouses overlooking the spring, a hotel
named the Skywater (after the supposed
Creek Indian name for the spring), cottages,
riding and walking trails and one of the finest golf courses in the South. The resort was a huge success when it opened to the public in 1927.

The Great Depression caused it to close and over the years it was re-opened and closed several times. In 1994 Tropical Storm Alberto caused heavy damage to the casino and surrounding areas, causing massive floods that reached as high as the second floor. (What you see in the first pic, the white walls, is the first floor). A second flood in 1998 caused even more damage, this time structural damage causing it to be closed permanently.

 Despite multiple attempts to save the 76 year old building it was demolished in 2003. It was acquired by local government at the time. In 2004 a master plan was conceived for the gardens, opening it's first phase to the public in 2010 at a cost of $830,000. A second phase costing $76, 500 was added quickly after the first one. Due to the low laying land and it's proneness for flooding with any significant rain fall the property is unsuitable for building, or even for the once famous golf course that used to grace it's open spaces. A plan calling for walking, biking, horse trails is in the plan for the future.

  

After our walk and picture taking excursion we hopped back in the Dogsled and headed off to Mike's Country Store. A store full of country people, with country ideas and a great sense of customer service, family and good manners. We've been trying various things from Mike's own kitchen, his sauces, dressings, and salsa's to name a few. We had to pick up a few that we ran out of and will have to make ONE more run to Mike's before we leave the area to stock up on some to help tide us over during the summer months. Heading out of Mike's we also picked up some Fried Chicken, which we haven't had the entire time we've been here. It was excellent.

 

After lunch I sat outside in the sunshine and read my book for a while. A bit later I chatted with David, the carpenter that is doing a small project for us. More on that later. About 3:30 pm I headed inside and enjoyed reading a bit more, checked on the news (on line), sent some Christmas Greetings, a few emails and did a little research for our upcoming travels. More on that later too. After that it was time to make dinner but I had no appetite and so Riley made her own dinner, it smelled good but I'm still full from the chicken. After dinner, clean up and time for a shower.

 A few more emails and I settled down to write this blog. It was a great day, we enjoyed it very much. Nothing too exciting but nice, quiet, peaceful, warm and sunny. No complaints from us.

From our home to yours, we wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season, may you be blessed with happiness, health, and joy throughout this holiday season and the new year. Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year as well.

Thanks for stopping by, feel free to leave a comment. Until next time...be safe, take care.......

Scenic drive, peanuts and wine....

Our Location: Devencrest Rv Park, Albany, GA

A glorious day here today, temps around 65 F/17 C, with very little wind. A bit too cool to sit outside but we were pretty busy anyway and didn't have time until later in the afternoon which as I said, made it too cool. 

This morning we started off going to run a few errands and ended up about 40 miles from Albany at a small town called Leary, Ga. We followed Highway 62 to the turn off for a small vineyard that produces some award winning wines here in Georgia. 

 

The road we travelled to reach Still Pond Winery, this would be Highway 62 West.  A very nice drive, lots of cypress trees along the swamp like areas, plenty of fields, and country homes, farms and small businesses. A very scenic drive to say the least. The town of Leary makes a small splash in the country side but comes complete with a set of train tracks, and 1 flashing light. As you can see by the sign, it's an old well settled town. 

As we passed the edge of town we noticed the Peanut Warehouse on the left. I've seen one before but didn't know what it was, it wasn't signed but this one was. The most significant thing about the Peanut Warehouse was the roofed buildings, no walls, just a roof. Under each 'port' was parked a big rig trailer, no rig, just the trailer, there must have been at least 50 spots and all of them were full. Two buildings up front were obviously the loading/unloading docks as they reminded me of grain or corn elevators or conveyors to move the loads. It was a very unassuming little spot, with no office or store present that I could see, but I'll bet it's pretty busy when it's time to harvest the crops.

Two buildings like this, nothing obvious about them and unless you knew what it was you would drive by thinking it was just a farmer's barn. I only had by cell phone for pictures so they aren't great but it gives you an idea of what we were seeing.

In the pic below you can see the corner of both barns and that long flat light brown looking line is the roof of the 'ports' I mentioned above, similar to a car port. Under each of those is a big rig box, and that is just a few that you see in this picture, they go in an L shape behind the barn on the left and continue for probably 350 feet. It looks like quite an operation. I would love to be here when they are actually working the place. 

Shortly after passing this spot we turned left to head to the Vineyard. We stopped just over the train tracks to look up the address, ensuring we were on the right path, and wouldn't you know it, the train we had stopped for in town was crossing right behind us. It was too funny. Anyway, we followed this road for a couple of miles, made a right turn onto a true Georgia back road complete with red/orange dirt that was soft and squishy to drive on.  We followed this road for about a mile before coming to the vineyard. You can see along the road way into the winery that the area is being cleared for more grape vines in the near future. It will at some point be a very impressive vineyard/winery. 

The house below belongs to the owners of this little spot. The pic on the left is the 'store' and wine tasting venue. A number of wines and trinkets are available for purchase. It is surround with antiques of varying kinds, and the softest haired dog I've ever pet in my life. ~laugh~ 

The nice gentleman that sold us our wine was impressed that we came all the way from Ontario, Canada to purchase his wine. I assured him we were in the 'area' and a friend had mentioned how wonderful his wines were and how they had just started producing wine, instead of just selling their grapes to someone else. He seemed a bit surprised that we would drive from Albany to Leary just to buy some wine. While it was a fair piece to drive it was also very scenic and new country for us to see. 

This mailbox was at the end of the drive. I thought it was very unique and cute. Note the two young monkeys on his lap. Too funny. 

We headed back to Albany to do our errands, Kmart was the first stop but we didn't buy anything as the lines were very long, so we opted to leave the 2 movies we had picked up. Not worth that kind of wait. 

Lowe's was the next stop, we found a number of things there that we will at some point purchase but just not today. No use hauling this stuff around all winter when we won't need it until Spring. 

Walmart was our last stop, we had a number of things to purchase there. We needed groceries and so managed to fit them in our buggy around our other purchases. ~laugh~ Food storage containers, new blind for the window by the sink,  and a few other goodies. After paying and getting outside we realized it was almost 2 pm, I loaded the truck while Riley went back inside to get us a Sub Sandwich. Worked out great she was coming out as I was putting the cart in the buggy collector. 

From there it was home to unload the groceries, have our sub and hopefully relax. It kind of worked like that but not so much the relax part until everything was put away, new containers washed, and filled, new blind hung, and a visit to the office to put our small turkey in the fridge until we cook it on Christmas day. No room in our fridge. ~laugh~ 

By that time it was 4:30 pm, we left home around 9 am to run a few errands. Where does the time go? Just kind of slips on by here. After those chores I decided I needed to prep dinner right then, or I wouldn't want to get back up to do it later. Breaded loin chops, steamed veggies with parsley, rosemary and thyme, along with white rice. We prepped everything but the rice. Played a game of Yahtzee...I won...~doing a happy dance~ I even rolled a Yahtzee. Miracle of miracles. ~laugh~  Read our books for a while, closed the big door as it cooled off quickly.  Started cooking around 6:45 pm, ready just about 7:15 pm. It was excellent. I added Mike's Orange Mustard Glaze to the beaten egg, it gave it a great flavour. Dishes done, put away, garbage out, and everything tidied up by 8:00 pm. 

Time sit down and write my blog, while Riley does whatever it is she does in her room. I hear giggles from there on occasion so it must be something funny that she does in there. ~laugh~ 

Tomorrow we will get back to walking again, but we will only be leaving the park for two things, our walk and a quick trip to Mike's country store, we need some more salad dressing from there.  Apple Pecan salad dressing. I really liked it, Riley didn't but that was okay, more for me. ~laugh~ She's eyeing up Mike's Ranch dressing and Mike's Pineapple Salsa, so I think we'll be getting those tomorrow. 

Anyway, a great day for us, busy and interesting. Hope you enjoyed your visit. Until next time....be safe, take care.......

Soup kind of day.......

Our Location: Devencrest Rv Park, Albany, GA

The  expected rain showers didn't appear until after 10 am this morning and then they were very minor and tonight it is like a fine mist instead of rain. The forecast changed and it looks as if the weather will warm up but no rain seems to be showing in the days ahead.  A definite change from yesterday's forecast. Warmer today by about 10 degrees or so, but still damp and grey. 

After breakfast we headed off to the Post Office, then to the Soap Box for our laundry needs. The Soap Box was nearly empty and we had the place pretty much to ourselves for 2 hours. Amazing how long it takes to fold two weeks worth of clothes. ~laugh~ The Soap Box is next door to a Pawn Shop and we've been looking for an E-Reader for Riley but haven't been able to find one anywhere in town. Many people don't know what an E-Reader is, never mind what it's for. No readers to be found in this city. We have looked pretty much everywhere, we even tried Toys R Us today but with no luck.

After striking out there we went to Picnic Pizza to pick up a take out pizza for lunch. Great pizza, I've had it from there before and Riley enjoyed it a great deal. I can tell you we had a Veggie Pizza with 12 slices and there was none left when lunch was over. We were hungry!!

After lunch, we put away the laundry and sat down to read, well actually I laid down for a bit trying to ease my hip (the damp weather isn't helping me any) and I fell asleep for a few minutes before I heard knocking on the door. Roger next door came by to invite us to the Club House for soup at dinner time. He visited for a bit and brought us back some BBQ sauce that he and his son Will have concocted. They start with one kind and add all kinds of stuff to it, and it's really good. We now have enough to last until well into the summer at least. ~laugh~ 

Riley declined the dinner invitation but I went and had a great time. Met two fellas from the park that I haven't met before, Jason (a crane operator) and Jim (no idea what he does) both have been here about 8 months. Nice fellas and definitely full of that southern charm. Dinner was a choice of Veggie Soup or Beef Veggie Soup along with grilled cheese sandwiches. I of course had the Veggie soup, it was good and I brought home a little for Riley, although she had Sausage soup and saved the Veggie soup for tomorrow.

 After that I spent some time chatting with Steve (park owner) and looking at a number of his antiques. He has several that he displays in various places around the park including a glass case in the office. Steve is an auctioneer as well as the park owner. Home around 7:45 pm and chatted with Riley while she ate her dinner. We made a grocery list which is about as long as my arm, seems we're running low on a lot of things. Amazing how much food we eat. ~laugh~ 

After doing the dishes and tidying up a bit we've called it a day. She's in her room doing whatever it is she does in there and I"m writing my blog. The end of the day with still a mist in the air but the weather looks to be improving as I said earlier.

So as you have read, nothing major in the excitement department but a nice day anyway. Always great when you can spend time with friends and meet new people. And dinner thrown in, all in all not too shabby. 

Today's pics were still from Patriot Point visit in 2014. Today were pictures taken aboard the USS Lafferty and the USS Clagamore.. The USS Lafferty  a DD-724 Destroyer is 376.6 ft/ 114.8 meters long, and reaches 324 knots/ 63 km, she has two propellers and a vast armament of guns. She had on board a small machine that was used exclusively to hunt submarines. She was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1975. The USS Lafferty was one of the ships that supported the landing at Normandy on D-Day. She is the most decorated ship of her kind!

Other pics are from the USS Clagamore, SS-343 Balao class diesel electric submarine.  She is 311.9 ft/ 25.02 meters long, 27.3 ft/ 8.31 meters wide, and draws 16.10 ft /5.13 meters of water. The sub can make 20.25 knots /37 km on surface, and 8.7 knots /16 km when submerged. Commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1973. She has 10 torpedo tubes, along with a 25 cal deck gun , a 20 mm, and a 40 mm cannon. She was tested at a depth of 400 ft. Her crew consisted of 10 officers and 70-71 enlisted. She is the only surviving 'Guppy' type conversion sub in existence.

The quarters are cramped with no free space of any kind. Personal items fit into very small lockers that looked big enough to hold a school size note book laying down or standing up. Bunks were squeezed in around torpedo's, on the launch tubes, hung from the ceiling or resting on the floor. The bathrooms were stuffed in around pipes, with back in only entrance.

The picture to the left is the officer's gig which was used to transport officers to shore. The pic below is the machine used to hunt, locate and track enemy submarines.

The USS Clagamore was powered by 4 V16 diesel engines driving electrical generators, 2 batteries containing 126 cells each, 4 high speed electric motors with reduction gears, and 2 propellers. That's a lot of machinery packed in a small space. 

I hope you've enjoyed the pictures today, I enjoyed the tour. Thanks for stopping by, feel free to leave a comment. Until next time....be safe, take care......