Today Gardiner and I were invited to join a media tour on Cunard's Queen Mary 2, the only transatlantic ocean liner sailing the seas these days.
We arrived at Rockland's Harbor Park at 9:15 AM, and sat in the car for a moment, taking in the beautiful ocean view. My eyes immediately went to the massive cruise ship (1,132 feet long) in the distance.
We were there representing our media production company, Heavy Element, and gathering footage for our client PortShare Promise. @Gardiner and I swiftly unpacked our equipment from our hard case and waited with the rest of our small group of reporters and bloggers.
By 10:15, we were all ushered into the tender that would take us from the harbor to the Queen Mary 2. None of us wanting to miss a great shot, we all climbed to the open seating at the top of the boat and set sail.
The first thing I noticed was how much longer the tender ride was than I would have thought. Perhaps my perspective was off because my idea of boating is a nice paddle in a kayak… but I was not expecting it to be a twenty minute ride.
Not that I’m complaining at all.