Dawn(ish) Patrol - It's Still An Active Port

An early paddle today, not quite at dawn, but the sun is rising earlier every morning. Tomorrow it'll be up at 6:44AM. It's also tough to be on the water before those Juniors. Today I did a short paddle over to check out the Ocean Hope, which was being loaded with Weyerhauser logs destined for Hiro, Japan. It's also interesting to note the recent stir surrounding the Port's receipt of ceramic proppants that's being generated in Olympia. You read about it here first, then came an article in The Olympian by Rolf Boone, and now...

The Ocean Hope loading cargo

I hope to never have this view in real life

Next to the hold, the sound of logs being lowered into the hold was thunderous