Shell Morgan Landing is mainly a fuel stop (with some
rudimentary transient tie ups) so we all fueled up before heading out around
8:30 AM. Going through the Leland Bowman
lock was smooth with no problems. They
let us in as soon as we arrived, we tied to a bollard, the gates opened and we
went out the other side, piece of cake! As
we continued on the tow traffic got pretty busy and we were stuck behind a tow
boat named the Martin Challenger (Port of Houston) and he was having some
problems (newbie maybe?). This was the
first time that I’ve ever seen a tow all over the place in the ICW and also run
aground while passing another tow. The
tow blamed it on wind and if it was really that windy, I would have definitely
said something in my blog! This tow
would slow down every time he passed an oncoming tow but refused to keep going
slow for us to get past him. After
several miles of this we were all getting frustrated so we looked for an
opening and told him we were going to pass.
It was kind of scary because we really did not know what he was going to
do. He liked taking the entire
ICW!!!!!! As we got closer to the
Mermentau River, the weather started looking like it was going to rain and tows
were talking about 28 to 30 knots of wind.
Not good for anchoring! As we
entered the Mermentau anchorage around 3:30 PM, the winds died down and it
started to look like we would have a good night. When the sun was going down we took Teak out
to see if she would do her thing but she heard a pack of wolves or coyotes
howling and birds (geese honking?). That
sure ended the moment for her! Our dog is so stubborn about going potty on the
boat until she really has too, it’s frustrating! I do
have to say that the Mermentau River is still my favorite anchorage! Josh and I checked the weather around 6:00 PM
and it looked like we might get some rain coming from offshore. Around 1:00 AM Josh got up to check our
anchor position and Teak finally decided it was time for her to go. I picked her up, took her to the bow and she
did her thing! Even in the rain, Yay!!!!!!
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