{"id":442,"date":"2008-09-30T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/30\/natgeo-explorer-an-amtrak-in-new-london\/"},"modified":"2008-09-30T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:39:10","slug":"natgeo-explorer-an-amtrak-in-new-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/natgeo-explorer-an-amtrak-in-new-london\/","title":{"rendered":"NatGeo Explorer &#038; an Amtrak in New London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nanosphoto.com\/gallery\/albums\/wpw-20080930\/thumb_20080929-_MG_1242.jpg?resize=150%2C100\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" align=\"left\" \/>Yesterday morning on my way into work, while crossing the Thames River, I noticed something odd to the south.\u00a0 No, not the usual submarine or cargo vessel, but rather a tug spraying water into the air &#8211; like a nautical welcome.\u00a0 Running alongside of the tug was a rather large ship &#8211; not as large as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/27\/explorer-of-the-seas\/\"><em>Explorer of the Seas<\/em><\/a> that visits New London every so often.\u00a0 With my curiosity piqued, I decided to take Thames Street into work today &amp; check things out.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My first stop was the parking lot south of the Thames River drawbridge.\u00a0 Not able to see anything &#8211; apparently the ship was south of here &#8211; I decided to head further south to the Garbo Lobster parking lot.\u00a0 But just as I was climbing in the car, I heard an Amtrak roll onto the Thames River drawbridge.\u00a0 So of course, I had to get a shot&#8230;<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:7968]\n<p>Then I got into the car and headed south.<\/p>\n<p>Pulling into the parking lot near Garbo Lobster, I got a nice view of the ship <em>National Geographic Explorer<\/em> heading north in the Thames River.\u00a0 Doing a bit of research this morning, Lindblad Expeditions offers cruises on the <em>Explorer<\/em> around the US.\u00a0 This particular one was a tour of the Canadian Maritimes &amp; coastal New England (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.expeditions.com\/Itineraries45.asp?Expedition=670&amp;Destination=313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info here<\/a>).\u00a0 So of course I got a few shots of her making her way to the State Pier in New London.\u00a0 The one interesting thing is that she didn&#8217;t require tugs to move to the pier.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s all the shots I got of the <em>Explorer<\/em>, the tug &amp; the usual USCG escort heading north.<\/p>\n[cpg_imagefixthumb:7967] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7966] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7965] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7964] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7963] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7962] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7961] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7960] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7959] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7958] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7957] [cpg_imagefixthumb:7956]\n<p>Thanks for looking!<br \/>\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning on my way into work, while crossing the Thames River, I noticed something odd to the south.\u00a0 No, not the usual submarine or cargo vessel, but rather a tug spraying water into the air &#8211; 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