At 7:00 AM we were all on our way! The ICW was full of lily pads so we got to play “dodge the lilies” most of the morning. We did get to see a raccoon swimming across the ICW and floating multiple “man caves”(see pictures below).&nb…
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10/19/2012 – Friday – Mermentau River to Intracoastal City (Shell Morgan Landing), mile 160
Whoo Hoo!!!!! 7:00 AM, Teak peed on the pad again! She held it for another 24 hours before she would use the pad. Stubborn dog! All Seven of us headed out of the Mermentau at 7:30 AM and six of us arrived Shell Morgan Landing at…
10/18/2012 – Thursday – Lake Charles to the Mermentau River, mile 202
All seven of us headed out from the Lake Charles marina around 7:30 AM and six of us arrived at the Mermentau River anchorage around 3:30 PM. Stardust arrived before us, scoped the area out and provided us with information. We had light com…
10/17/2012 – Wednesday – Lake Charles play day
The wind was blowing so we all decided not to dinghy over to the casino, but rather take a cab. We had a great meal and everyone pigged out! As we were finishing, someone said “Stardust is almost here”. Stardust is a 73’ Hatte…
10/16/2012 – Tuesday – Taylor Outfall Canal to Lake Charles
YES! At 6:45 AM, Teak finally peed on the boat pad!!!!!! After holding it for 24 hours she is now an official boat dog! We all pulled up our anchors and by 7:15 we were on our way to Lake Charles (the sailboats started out at 7:00).&n…
10/15/2012 – Monday – Clear Lake to Taylor Outfall Canal, mile 290
Last Trade and Awesome 1 left Portofino at 6:00 AM Monday and (just our luck) the wind was blowing strong from the north. As we headed out the channel, I knew we were going to have a bad trip to Galveston. We did! Winds were blowing…
10/14/2012 – Sunday – Goin’ East Trip
Two trawlers (Last Trade and Awesome 1) and four sailboats (Morning Star, Faith, Cambria & Agoode Ketch) decided to take a trip east. All of the sailboats left a day early to anchor in Galveston so their trip to our first group stop would n…
May 16 – 20, 2012 – Spring Fling
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August 14, 2011 – Double Bayou
This was the first TMCA boat trip for my sister Patty and her boyfriend Frank. It began with Frank running aground on the approach and clogging up and burning out his AC pump. Try an August trip to Double bayou without air conditioning! Fortunately we …
May 28, 2011 – Memorial Weekend at Moody Gardens
TMCA Memorial Day Weekend at the Moody Gardens marina. We filled the marina with boats and had dock parties, dinghy trips, and a weekend full of fun! We had 17 boats at the docks and many more were anchored out.
