In Israel Finally, after many delays my job in Israel happened. I left the US on December 28th, arriving in Tel Aviv on the 29th. Working in the office, it wasn’t until the 2nd of January when I left Tel Aviv and was driven south to Ashdod where we boarded a crew boat to take us to the offshore rig that I had time to take a couple of pictures. The rig is the Atwood Beacon and was located 10 miles off shore in the Mediterranean. The daytime temperatures have been in the mid 60 degrees with nighttime being about 6 to 10 degrees colder. From the rig, the coastline of Israel, especially at night certainly doesn’t look 10 miles away.

The harbor leaving Ashdod, Israel Our location is in the middle of the Israeli Navy’s training area so occasionally see several military ships off to the north and west.

I am not getting stooped, the boat is rocking in the water so I am holding on. This well is supposed to last about 120 days with me rotating every 30 days. At the end of January, I will leave here and wait for Dale to arrive on February 2nd. At that time, we will begin our sightseeing for the month of February which hopefully will include not only Israel but Greece and Italy. I will be including pictures of our travels on this site at that time. If I see something interesting to take a picture of, I will include it in the meantime.

The Atwood Beacon The drilling rig section is on the right with the helicopter landing pad being on the left end and living and working quarters to the right of that below the crane. The legs of the rig are on the sea floor which is 300 feet below the surface. This is my first attempt at adding pictures to this blog. I will be making changes to it as I figure the system out.