Departure time was 6:00 AM! Because both boats traveling today are trawlers we didn’t have to worry about blackout times on highway bridges, we can just go under them. The only thing that we needed an opening was a railroad bridge. They hav…
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9/23 – 30/2014 – New Orleans – Waiting for Weather Window
The weather was not cooperating with us to do the Mississippi Sound to Biloxi so we had to sit and wait! If the forecast for the MS Sound is calling for 3 to 5 foot seas and 15 to 20 knots of wind, we stay put!!!!! Ponchartrain Landing is pr…
9/22/2014 – Monday – New Orleans Play Day
The weather is not looking too good for our crossing to Biloxi on Wednesday. They are calling for 15 to 20 kts wind with 3 to 5 foot seas. This is not good for our kind of boat. We don’t do rock and roll!!!! It looks like we wil…
9/21/2014 – Sunday – New Orleans Pontchartrain Landing
Today was “boat chore” day! We did laundry, I cleaned the inside of the of boat, cleaned a little outside of the boat, Josh cleaned out the dinghy and we went grocery shopping.Early evening, we stopped by More Good Timin’ for a shared drink and s…
9/20/2014 – Saturday – BoomTown to New Orleans
Yesterday was a very stressful day so it was an early evening for us, especially knowing that we may not have a restful night with tows going by all night long. We did rock and roll a little and we also had some light boats (boats without their t…
9/19/2014 – Friday – Houma to BoomTown
Last night was interesting! A huge boat was going under the Houma bridge around 11 PM and there was a big boom and a flash of light. This boat was so close to the top of the bridge we were not sure what hit or what they hit. We think …
9/18/2014 – Thursday – Houma Play Day
We are traveling with morning people! I got up around 7:30, made the coffee, put my clothes on and took the dog out. Ron was already looking for people to go to breakfast with, Al was cleaning his boat, Kay was doing laundry in her quaint l…
9/17/2014 – Wednesday – Berwick / Morgan City to Houma
Castoff time was 8:00 AM and leaving was a lot better than our arrival yesterday. This is not a great stopping area but there are no other options. I really hope they eventually make it more boater friendly as they have told us they will!&n…
9/16/2014 – Tuesday – Port of Delcambre to Berwick / Morgan City Public Docks
We started out around 7:30 AM to the fuel dock ($3.05/gal – can’t pass on that) before our hour long run back to the ICW. The cool front that came through did not last long so we were happy for the overcast skies with some rain to keep the temper…
9/15/2014 – Monday – Delcambre Play Day
Oh my gosh! Do these people know how to rest? – NOT! We started our day at 10:00 AM with a “shrimp run” for those who wanted to purchase shrimp right off the boats, then on to our day of touring. Our first stop was at the Konriko Rice…
