Tough job

ABOARD THE MV TAKU HEADING INTO KETCHIKAN, AK
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. It's hard to believe right now, but we've escaped the cluthes of Skagway....but not the weather. The summer job is over; the next journey begins. Two nights and nearly two days on the Alaska Ferry System boat MV Taku has allowed us to wind down a bit and watch the rain, fog and low clouds from a dry and warm seat on the main observation deck. For exercise there were forays outside onto the rain and windswept deck to shoot photos of whale fins and whale tails but no 'whole' whales and the occassional lighthouse. The next best "hobby" was watching the unfortunate individuals who drew watch duty at the head of the boat when we headed into the harbors for docking and off-load / on-load of passengers and cars.
The individual in yellow didn't take his eyes off the churning waves on this one hour shift as we headed into Ketchikan, AK...and in a 30mph headwind with stinging rain this could not have been a fun job. Of course, this individual might have been low man on the totempole or a goof up. In any case, there were enough harbors to keep a number of these folks busy.
And just when you thought the ship had everything you needed, the cook in the cafeteria would break out into his Elvis personation and then practice between work shifts with a karioke machine. Free at last, free at last