Man did we like Houma had my cousin Judy and her husband Terry visit on Friday. Wish I would have met him a long time ago. We had a lot in common. My son Chris & Kerry came down Saturday, they took some people we had met on a 30′ cat to return one …
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Lake Charles – Houma
Well things did not quite go as planned. We left Lake Charles Tuesday morning. Down to the ICW then our first lock took about 1 hour. After we passed through the first pontoon bridge we heard the second pontoon bridge call out that the cable just broke…
Lake Charles – New Orleans
Had a good visit with family in Lake Charles, moving on after week one.Going for another Tuesday departure from Lake Charles, La. Hope to make Avery Island/Morgan Shell Landing. Stopping for fuel along the way. It’s about an 11 hour run. plus two s…
Kemah – Lake Charles
The first pic is Summertime at Olmstede’s, the second of the rocks being placed along the ICW. These rocks run for miles. Our tax dollars at work no doubt.We left the dock at Portofino on a Tuesday at 6 a.m. nice 10 – 15 knot Southwest wind blowing. S…
Restart
Well it looks like we are going to depart for Lake Charles, La again on Tuesday July 13. The weather looks good and most of the trash should have washed down the rivers from all the rain & high tides. Hope to spend the night at Shell Island (on the…
False Start
Well I guess what we have here is a bit of a false start. After a haul out and new Thu hull we have returned to our slip at Portofino. Looks like some bad weather coming this way from Louisiana. Beautiful here in Clear Lake today though. We will wait f…
Departure Sort of
Got up at 5 a.m. this morning Steve, Jeff, Darla & Jay were up to see us off. Steve & Jay took out Steves boat just ahead of us for a morning sail. See in pic. We get out to the bay and rev the engines up to 2K rpm and the starboard engine star…
Departure Party
Our good friends Doug & Karen gave us a going away party Thursday night. Fajitas, Margareta’s and lots of fantastic side dishes. Man what a good time sure makes it hard to leave. Maybe we can wait a couple of weeks and get another party! Here are s…
