First Sunrise Aboard the Sunrise

Well, I arrived in Halifax last evening and made my way to the ship. The first 18 hours or so have been as I expected. The crew is not particularly warm to arriving campaigners (it must have to do with some weird fraternity of seamen) but I am told they will warm up.

I was issued a cabin upon arrival, which frankly is nice as far as cabins on the ship go. I have a small desk, a little couch, and a couple of bunk beds. So far I have the room to myself.

I received a wake up call at 7:30 this morning, got up, had a little breakfast – and then it was time to clean all six of the toilets aboard. After toilet cleaning, I got a tour of the bridge and spent some time with the captain and the 2nd mate going over our stops along the east coast.

A number of the crew – which is changing out here in Halifax - had travel problems yesterday, so we have delayed our departure until this evening. Just as I lie down to sleep tonight, we will be hitting the high seas for the first time.

Two rules I have figured out so far: don’t put anything down the toilets that does not come out of your ass, and do not puke in the sinks. I will try to remember both. The sewage plant broke down last night and spewed you-know-what all over the engine room. Yum yum. I am glad I’m the campaigner and not the engineer.

You can check out the GP Blog that my colleague Maureen will be posting to during our trip, however, the stink hammer blog is where the action is. DON’T FORGET IT!

That’s all for now, or as they say in nautical language – good-bye.