It got a little chilly last night so as soon as we got up we dressed, took Teak out to the bow and then got ready to pull up anchor. No coffee is not good! We did make a joke about it asking each other every so often could you please get me some coffee and we would just look at each other and chuckle. It was a beautiful morning with just a little fog. Once we got back into the ICW one of the first tows we passed asked us to go to another channel to chat. He was telling us that we will be running into a lot of "banked" tows and to watch out for their prop wash - it would put us on our side! Note: Make sure we ask them to throttle back. We could hear them talking on the radio to each other about places they were going to stop or wiggle in between someone else. I have to say that this was the worst/busiest we have ever seen, it looked like the tows were having a rendezvous!
Time to pull up anchor!
Bye bye Mermentau
Coming upon some fog
Tow traffic we had to deal with yesterday
Thank goodness they let us go through the lock following this tow at a safe distance or we would be sitting all day like the rest of the tows. A group of five tows were scheduled to go through next and several more on a waiting list. They were all scattered along the ICW just waiting their turn. We asked the bridge operator what was going on and she said the lock was being worked on and it is backing up tow traffic.
Lake Charles - The new Golden Nugget
Tillman beat us here!
Seen while heading up the bayou to Bow Tie to pick up our new battery and to get fuel.
Doug Shearman at Bow Tie wanted us to stay but we already had a slip reserved at the city marina. Usually Bow Tie is full so we didn't even think about it. We did tell him that a friend named Bob Womble was going to be coming in for fuel and to stay the night. Doug said he did not call for a reservation so we told him to be on the lookout. We tried to contact Bob on the radio several times but had no luck. Maybe tomorrow!
That is a beautiful picture of your dog...I love just it.
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