She also got to watch a shrimp boat heading back into dock and the ship "City Of Hanoi" which according to VesselFinder is a container ship built in 1997 and currently sailing under the flag of Cyprus. Then as she walking away from the breakwater she heard the blast of a horn and turned around to see the USS Mahan (DDG-72) leaving. This ship is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and is the 22nd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and the first Flight II variant. Like her predecessors, Mahan is named for Alfred Thayer Mahan, a naval theorist on sea power. She is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name and her home port is Norfolk, Virginia. Mom thought it looked so funny in these pictures - more like a ship of the desert traveling across sand rather than a ship of the sea :)
Anyhoo - just after she took these pictures the biggest ever rain cloud band appeared and Mom got well and truly drenched - serves her right for going without ME! She looked like a bedraggled rat when she got home :)
We always love to see your beach and the birds and the ships. Around here the only place you see lots of sea gulls is the McDonald's parking lot. Haha! It does look like that one ship is crawling across the sand!
ReplyDeleteRevenge dear Mr Reilly is fun.
ReplyDeleteFor sure the sun would have shone had you been there Reilly.
ReplyDeleteHehe, were you doing a rain dance Reilly, while Mom was out? You nose you are supposed to be resting your poor paw, not DANCING on it!
ReplyDeleteLoves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
She shouldn't have left you home
ReplyDeleteLily & Edward
HAHA
ReplyDeleteooo, that ship does look like it is stuck in the sand. Yur Mom ought to frame that one. The gulls and pelicans look like there were lined up for something, maybe a scrimmage. Sorry your Momma got all wet, but when she leaves you behind, Reilley, anything can happen, right?
ReplyDeleteEven on a rainy day, your beach is pretty cool!! It does serve your Mama right that she got rained on tho...she should NEVER go to the beach without you!
ReplyDeleteSmileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Ha ROO! Next time, she'll think twice about going without you!
ReplyDeleteYours sincerely,
Margaret Thatcher
Oh we so agree BOL!
ReplyDeleteDakotasDen
served her right for leaving you at home!
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a stormy rainy kind of day out there.
ReplyDeleteOh that ships were totally worth to get showered.... maybe next time your mom can wear a drench-coat? Thanks to your mom for sharing the ships, so we can dream a little bit about being sailors :o)
ReplyDeleteHari Om
ReplyDeleteCrikey Reilly, maybe she actually did you a favour - wouldn't want that poorly paw to get all wet and superated! Gotta say, those are some glorious shots she managed!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
Hee, hee.....how dare she!
ReplyDeleteOh no - your poor mom, Reilly. But he did get some great pictures!
ReplyDeleteI believe the pelican photo was worth the drenching! It is lovely. I am going to stop by your Etsy shop too!
ReplyDeleteWITHOUT YOU??!! Wells, that just served her right! hehehehe (just kiddin' Reilly and Denny's Moms...I would nevers say such a thingie and mean it...☺) Butts, that ship does look like it's sailing on sand! very cool shot!
ReplyDeleteKisses,
Ruby ♥
What wonderful photos!!!!! But, she was punished for leaving you behind :)
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