We return to Envoy in Lefkas Marina, Greece, early next month. Destination 8: Korcula Island Where is it?: In the southern Adriatic Sea between Dubrovnik and Split which are also both worth visiting.How long is required to enjoy here?: A few days. Brie…
Waylaid
No one can say that Gracie doesn’t go after the bumper with gusto! She always charges in with complete focus.Dylan learned long ago to wait and waylay her when she’s close to shore and steal the bumper. Dee Dee has started doing it, too. They poun…
Three Amigos Again!
Dylan and Dee Dee were thrilled to have buddy Gracie back for their morning romp on the beach.
Johnny Sessa Bulldozing Visit
What beats an afternoon operating heavy equipment? Months before we made it to Florida, Oliver Sessa offered us a day at Johnny Sessa Bulldozing with an open invitation to give some of their larger equipment a whirl. James has been looking forward to it since. Within a week of our arriving in Florida, Oliver emailed…
March 25th and 26th, 2016 Clear Lake to Lake Charles
March, 25th. We finally headed out after 24 days of being delayed from our original date of March 1st by weather and other things that popped up. When traveling by motor boat, rain and wind is not your friend! At 6:50 am we pulled out of our slip at Portofino and headed for our first stop at Taylor Outfall to anchor for the night.
Bye bye Clear Lake…
…Hello Galveston Bay
Low winds and wave action do not always coincide and like always we rocked and rolled all the way to Galveston. Teak and I were not happy! This is the only part of boating that I dislike. Once we entered the ICW we had to maneuver through TOW CITY BOLIVAR.
We were so used to rocking and rolling, so what’s a little more with all the prop-wash coming at us from both sides? Some tows pulled their throttles back for us but most were just idling so you just had to swerve your way through the churned up water. By 10:30 we were out of the mess and had smooth running until later in the afternoon when we caught up to six tows in a row. Some of the tows were double wide and some single and they were playing hopscotch with each other. The ICW is only so wide and sometimes when another tow was coming from the other direction it appeared like the tows just stopped or possibly ran aground. We were in the middle of a TOW JAM! Not a warm and fuzzy feeling when a tow in front of you stops, a tow is passing going the other direction and the tow you just passed behind you is coming up on you fast. Those big boys would make pick up sticks out of us!!!!!!
We entered Taylor Outfall around 5:00 pm, dropped the hook and settled in for a peaceful evening.
March 26. We pulled up our anchor, washing the mud off little by little as we pulled the chain up. We started heading on our way at 7:30 am.
Bye bye Taylor Outfall!
Debris from Sabine River
Saw our first “man cave” at the Texas / Louisiana border
First pleasure boat encounter!
Ellender Bridge
This tow boat looked funny as it was coming towards us. Kinda looked like a caterpillar!
Second pleasure boat encounter, They are Lake Arthur boaters!
Lake Charles here we come!
We had a great day on the water all the way to Lake Charles where Curtis and Diane were waiting to catch our lines. We were not sure what slip we would pull into so they were nice enough to put out a bumper on Al and Kay’s boat just in case, see picture below! LOL
While we were settling in, Curtis and Diane headed over to Bow Tie for fuel because Bow Tie was going to be closed on Sunday and Monday. After they got back, we headed into town for dinner. Restaurants come and go in Lake Charles so we ended up trying a new restaurant named Blue Dog and the food was really rich and good!
Two Amigos
Gracie’s people went off to some fancy, smancy Sunday brunch today, so she couldn’t come to the beach – where are their priorities! So Dylan and Dee Dee had to manage on their own. They did alright, but they look forward to playing with Gracie tomorrow!
Anticipation….
And the release!
Cooking Lessons
Thanks to John & Paulette while at dinner at Marsala Bay in Marigot St. Lucia we get invited to join the chef, Neeranja in the kitchen the next day, this is a working restaurant, we are in their kitchen, learning three amazing “sa…
Release the Hounds!
There’s a dirt path through some woods that leads from the road to the beach. We leave our shoes in the woods at the bottom of a sand dune and let the dogs go. We wondered what they looked like roaring up over the dunes to the beach.
Marathon
Wow, it’s hard to believe we have been in Marathon for almost two months. The time has gone quickly. Our original plan was to stay for only one month. The brisk winds have been nonstop making travel to the Bahamas almost impossible. We were just happy to have a secure dock to hide out. Others […]
