Monday, December 04, 2006

Let it tow, let it tow, let it tow...

Ah, our first Christmas on a tugboat. In a fit of Christmas spirit, we decorated the boat for DC's annual Parade of Lights... Yes, drunken boaters decorate their boats and then swoosh around the Potomac in a giddily tipsy manner. There were some moments of poetry: a huge schooner with a blue electric wave cresting over the mast, a small little trawler with a big red nose like Rudolph's, and, of course, the simple but elegant Wendy B. She is a pretty boat.

We received a prize just for showing up, I think, considering the generator failed as we approached the judge's booth. We all lit sparklers on the back deck and sang the new "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" with the refrain "Let it tow..." We'll have to work out the entire song for next year!