Boat Photos!!!!

Keira with the low bridge horn

Me looking all cute on the roof of the boat

Angie, Angela, and ME!

I really do have more photos, but Blogger is being all pissy today and won't let me up load them...... the one I have up now are from last season ;)

The boat is open!!!!!!!!!!

It opened this week.... all 60 feet and 12 tons of 1876 period goodness. The new crew this year is awesome.... in addition to all the returning crew we have from last year. Phil, Tom, and Molly are all new this year.... Ruth, Angela, George, and myself are all returning. We also have a new mule tender since our old one retired after the close of last season.

I'm back in my role of being Anna Compton, and I'm a it more happy with the my First Person this year. Last season, I joined in last August and only had a rough idea of what my character on the boat was. This season, all of us sat down and did hours of charter development. Relationships between our characters, habits they have, items they carry, education, place of birth and family background.... pretty much the works. Here's a rough outline of what we have so far......

Donavon O'Riley, Captain.... he's mentioned a lot, but isn't a person that is ever seen on the boat.

Ruth: Ms. Ruth O'Riley, Captains wife. Likes her coffee, hates Anna for reasons we'll get into in just a bit. Does some of the cooking, cleaning and mending, mostly because she's very picky about how things are done on the boat ;) (I love you Ruth!!!)

Thom: Mr. Finn O'Riely, Captains brother, deck hand. Came over from Ireland and worked in Buffalo till he was in a bit of a row and got kicked out of the city. Came to Providence to work on his brothers boat and keep eye on things.

Phil: Mr. Shamus McFarland, deck hand. Was with Finn in Buffalo and was also in the row with him. Came with him to Providence under the promise of a job from Finn's brother. Is a bit sweet on Miss. Compton

Molly: Miss. Dixie Myers, teacher, part time cook. Is friends with Anna, who got her a job on the boat to pay for Dixie's passage down to Defiance to see her parents, where she hopes to settle down or teach.

Angela: Ms. Clara Keyser, Head cook. Clara was widowed about a year ago, her husband died of Cholera. She's good friends with Ruth, who got her a job on the boat since they've known each other for years. Clara is fond of Anna, as a friend, but can't show it much because she is so close with Ruth.

George: Mr. George Goodheart, deck hand. Has a talent for fighting that rivals Finn and Shamus. Was noticed by the Captain while at the Toledo locks (the most violent locks on the Miami & Erie Canal). Is sweet on both Ms. Keyser and Miss. Compton and likes to ask them both if they'll marry him.

Amanda (Me): Miss. Anna Compton, cleaning and mending lady. Was hired onto the boat by the Captain for 'less then proper reasons' (i.e. is the Captains mistress). Is hated by Ruth, so she is nit picked quite often. Is the boat drunk, as well as the healer, having a bit of a medical background. Has a soft spot for Shamus.

Soooooooo, that's a short rundown. There's a lot more that goes into all of the boat and the first persons , but that's the base of a lot of it. It's almost hard for me to believe that I have a job that I look forward to each day, and one that involves dressing in 1876 clothing and acting like I'm not me.


It rocks.... nuff said