Damn, it was hard getting out of bed this morning. These dark mornings make everything so much more difficult. Even so, I met the 6:15 group up on the levee with plans to cut my ride a bit short. The USS New York was scheduled to leave the Avondale shipyard where it was built at 7:30 and I wanted to join the "line the levee" crowd to see it off. As it turned out, nearly the whole group turned around at The Dip, which got us back to the Huey P. Long bridge right on time. Unfortunately, the ship was nearly an hour late in departing, apparently because they hit the dock and then had to pump in a lot of ballast in order to get the ship low enough to get under the bridge. I rode up and down the levee a couple 
of times before it finally showed up, and by then there was some moderate fog rolling in. It was after 8:30 am by the time I finally got home. Anyway, it was worth the wait just to see all of the people who came out to wave their flags and be a part of it all. This is the ship that is built with some of the steel salvaged from 
the World Trade Center Those of us who ride regularly on the levee have been watching this ship being built for two or three years.
of times before it finally showed up, and by then there was some moderate fog rolling in. It was after 8:30 am by the time I finally got home. Anyway, it was worth the wait just to see all of the people who came out to wave their flags and be a part of it all. This is the ship that is built with some of the steel salvaged from 
the World Trade Center Those of us who ride regularly on the levee have been watching this ship being built for two or three years. 
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