We are back out in the Gulf of Mexico. This cruise there’s another intern in the Alvin group that I have a lot in common with (video games, it’s video games). It’s been a lot of fun having someone around my age to hang out with while we work. Right after we got into the Gulf, we had a day with some less than optimal weather and the dive was canceled. It was quite an experience to look out a window and have the view shift from being all water, to all sky, back to all water. Another day the sub had to come out early as the wind had been building up.
The days feel like they last forever. I get up early, help launch the sub, read in my time off, help recover the sub, help fix anything that was broken during the dive, go to bed, and do it all again the next day. It’s a lot but I’m really enjoying myself out here especially working with the electronics techs. I took a test to be a maintenance technician and I passed! Now I’m allowed to sign off on my work. It’s weird to think that we only have 5 dives left and in 2 weeks we’ll be in Woods Hole.