This is our big day!
We have two locks and seven bridges to go through so we headed out
around 7:15 AM to arrive at the first bridge for the first opening after the
blackout time. Some of the bridges around
New Orleans have blackout ( or “no open” for boats) during rush hours. The Harvey Lock was the first lock we had to
go through. The lock master was very
nice and informative. We all tied to the
wall, rose up a little and exited with no problems. Now it’s down the Mississippi river for about
5 miles past downtown New Orleans to the Industrial Lock. Several
barges were waiting to go through so we had to bob around in the Mississippi
until they were ready for us. Last Trade
was first to enter again with Awesome 1 and then all the sailboats. Awesome 1 was instructed to raft to us while
I was holding our boat to a lock bollard.
This was fun! Thank god we have
bow and stern thrusters!!!
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