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Anacortes in October

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Last Tuesday our plane landed in Seattle.  We rented a Suburban and VW minivan and begin driving North to Anacortes.

Located on an island in the Puget Sound, Anacortes, a small harbour town, comes complete with a Main-Street-like historic section, drop-down neon signs, and a Shell refinery.  The Shell refinery, being why I'm here, hired us to climb one their vessels to do repairs and scale a flare tower for an inspection.  Mornings start early and have been frigid but pleasantly dry.  (PSA: There is this thing in cold weather called "layers."  It's really a cool idea that uses many different 'layers' of clothing worn all at the same time to trap the heat near your body.  Facinating.  Who would have ever have thought one would want to keep heat near themself.)

For a region that gets rain somewhere around 300 days out of the year, they've been in the middle of a ten-day drought.  But God was merciful, and this afternoon it began raining again.

About jOe

Joe is a photographer born and based in New Orleans. He specializes in portraiture and documentary projects. During the day he works for a cargo agency specializing in humanitarian aid and relief.