Channel Fever peaks as we pull into port in Malaga, Spain. From left, Cleveland Means, ??, Bill “Wild Bill” Yount, Warren “New Kid” Eckert, Bruce “Smitty” Smith, Larry “The Gravit” McDonough, Dave Strause, Bill “Worm/Warlock” Kress, and ??.
Pulling into Malaga.
A great guy and a great drinking buddy.
The wacky Gravit Joe Drumheller propositioning a new friend. To put this picture in context, Joe was from the South. Joe had been at sea for a month. Joe had found a docile farm animal. These three facts intersect to form a solution to a personal problem.
From a hill across the Tagus River. That’s the famous Alcazar on the mound to the right.
How many guys do you know who can get away with pink stockings in public?
The final act of the “fight,” the estocada; the thrusting of the sword. I’m not much into this so-called “sport,” but it was an active part of the culture of southern Spain in the early ‘70’s, so I wanted to experience it.
One of the treats we most looked forward to ashore was a fancy meal in a nice restaurant. Here’s one in either La Coruna, Spain or Naples, Italy. Left to right: (backs toward camera) Bill “Jinx” Jenkins and wife Christina Aldridge to his left, Carroll “Frog” King, Bob Lord, John Simkins and wife Ann, John Musgrove of NAVOCEANO.
Frog being Frog as only Frog could be. Jinx’s wife Chris, left. Bob Lord assisting on the right.