Here is the ship's dry dock in the far background with the maintenance workshop on the right where I'll be learning to get network and electrical components ready for the ship. To prevent any electrical damage from lightning strikes at sea (or other surges) most components are connected by fiber optics.
There is a lot of wildlife here that visit the HBOI facilitie's various ponds and lagoons: dolphins, manatees, otters, Florida panthers, and birds galore.
There is reported to be an alligator (haven't seen it yet):
The low hum you hear is much much louder and sharper in person. CICADAS!
Also sharing the pond with the wildlife is bad art.
Yes that's a bronze sculpture of a drunk hick fishing.
Also upon arrival my luck got much better as they upgraded my rental car to a Mustang!
I did what everyone with a really nice car they can't afford does when they get hungry:
Big N Tasty Mustang Stylee:
And some gratuitous footage of me trying to look cool at the wheel:
Yes I know I'm a huge dork. But I own it.
