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! The trip to Houma was short, we arrived around 1:00 PM. The area between Morgan City and Houma is a mix of oilfield building yards (shipyards and fab yards building offshore platforms) and swamps. The swamps are just beautiful! Tonight we will all go out for Chinese food and tomorrow we'll have the famous Christiano oysters.
Going through Bayou Boeuf Locks
So far all the locks have been open. We were able to run straight through the open gates. This will not be the case in New Orleans.
As we were approaching the Houma Downtown Marina, a tow was coming under the bridge just before the marina entrance. We decided to hold back until he passed our turnoff. Al asked him to give us a slow bell because the prop wash would throw us around and it would make it difficult to safely make the corner. He said that he was out of gear and idling. After Al went through he decided to put it in gear (of course just as we approached). He churned up a lot of water, requiring us to power up to maintain steerage. We were in radio contact with him, but he just didn't care. Most towboat operators work with us and are very friendly, but some just have an attitude and shouldn't be at the helm.
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